Depending on your Android, you may not have seen an option to save a photo from WhatsApp to your Android. It’s still possible—you’ll just need to use your file manager app (like Samsung’s My Files or Files by Google) or send it to yourself via email. If you don’t have a file manager app, you can download Files by Google from the Play Store.
If you didn’t see the option to save the photo, continue to the next step.
Tap the sharing icon at the top of the photo—this is the icon that looks like three dots connected by two lines. Tap your file manager app, such as My Files or Files by Google. Tap the Images or Photos folder to save the photo to your gallery. If this doesn’t work for you, continue to the next step.
Tap the sharing icon at the top of the photo—this is the icon that looks like three dots connected by two lines. Tap Gmail or your preferred email app. This creates a new message with your photo attached. Type your own email address into the To: field and send the message. When the message arrives (it should be immediate), tap it, and then tap the attachment to open the photo. Tap the three vertical dots at the top-right and select Save. The photo is now in your gallery.
If WhatsApp is already open and you’re looking at a chat, tap the back button to return the Chats list. WhatsApp automatically download all images, voice messages, and other media from your chats by default, but you can change how and when this happens. [1] X Research source
By default, all media is automatically downloaded on Wi-Fi, but you can change this to just photos if you’d like. The “roaming” default is no media—choosing anything other than this could result in roaming fees. Tap OK if you make any changes. If you don’t allow photos to download in any of these situations, you can still save photos to the gallery manually.
By default, all media is automatically downloaded on Wi-Fi, but you can change this to just photos if you’d like. The “roaming” default is no media—choosing anything other than this could result in roaming fees. Tap OK if you make any changes. If you don’t allow photos to download in any of these situations, you can still save photos to the gallery manually.
