How to Send a Video From iPhone to Android
The two ecosystems finally share RCS, but big videos still get crushed. The clean path: upload from the iPhone, open the link on the Android.
Try Foldr.SpaceiPhone-to-Android is the worst-case pairing for video: AirDrop won't cross over, iMessage falls back to compressed delivery for Android recipients, and even RCS applies size limits and re-encoding for longer clips. Quick Share is Android-side only. Meanwhile a minute of iPhone 4K/60 video is ~400MB. The upload-and-link route moves the original file at original quality regardless of what phones are involved, and neither person installs anything.
Step by step
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On the iPhone, open Safari and go to foldr.space
Tap the upload area → Photo Library → select the video. iOS uploads the original file.
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Wait for the upload
A 400MB clip takes 2-10 minutes depending on Wi-Fi vs cellular. Keep Safari in the foreground.
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Copy the link and send it any way you like
Text it (the URL is tiny), email it, or drop it in WhatsApp — links never get compressed.
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On the Android, tap the link
The video streams inline or downloads at full original quality.
Frequently asked questions
Why does texted video look terrible between iPhone and Android?
Without iMessage on both ends, video falls back to MMS or compressed RCS delivery — heavily downscaled and re-encoded. A link carries the original file outside that pipeline.
iPhone records HEVC — will it play on Android?
Modern Android (8.0+) plays HEVC natively. If the recipient has trouble, set the iPhone camera to "Most Compatible" (H.264) before recording, or both formats play fine in VLC.
Does this work Android → iPhone too?
Identically — upload from Chrome on the Android, open the link in Safari on the iPhone, save to Photos.
What is the size limit?
2GB per file on Foldr Pro — roughly 5 minutes of 4K/60 or 40+ minutes of 1080p from an iPhone.
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