One of the most common actions in WhatsApp is to send or receive photos in our chats. As with any app on Android, there are times when there are issues with the app or with some of its features. For example, it may be the case that WhatsApp photos are not displayed or saved in the gallery of our Android phone.
It is possible that you are currently experiencing this issue on your device. If WhatsApp photos are not displayed in the gallery on your Android phone, there are a number of solutions that we can turn to. Thanks to them it will be possible for us to put an end to this annoying problem, so that these images are shown again in the gallery of our mobile.
Problems with an Android app are not uncommon. The good news is that in many cases it will be possible to solve it in a matter of a few minutes, since there are many solutions at our disposal. Also in this case, if the WhatsApp photos are not shown in the gallery, we have a series of options available to make them appear again. All of them are very simple as well.
Have you hidden WhatsApp album from gallery?
The photos we receive on WhatsApp are saved in an album in the phone gallery. When we open this gallery we will see that one of the albums in it is WhatsApp Images, which is where we will be able to find all the photos that we have received in our chats in the messaging application. What can happen is that at a given moment you open the gallery application on your mobile, but this album in question does not appear. It could be the case that this album has been hidden by mistake.
If this is the case, tap on the three vertical dots at the top right in the Gallery app (in some apps they can be found right at the bottom). Then go to the Hide / Show albums option. The albums that are available in the app will then be shown and among them the one that contains the WhatsApp photos in your gallery should be shown. If you see that album come out, but you don't see it in the gallery normally, it's because it's hidden. All you have to do then is click on the switch next to it. It should now be displayed in the gallery again.
Internal storage full
Another reason why WhatsApp photos do not appear in the gallery is that your android phone storage is full. If you have a phone with little storage capacity, it is not uncommon for it to be full. if this oc
urre, then it is impossible to save photos or files in it, unless we are going to free up space on the device. Therefore, this could be the cause of this problem, that there is no space in the storage.
We are going to be able to verify it easily, since we are going to then enter the settings of your Android mobile and look for the storage section (its location will depend on the brand of your mobile). In it, it is possible for us to see if the internal storage of the mobile is really full, so that it is impossible to save more files in it. If your phone's storage is actually full, you will be prompted to do so on the screen. So you have to free up space.
Freeing up space is something we can do by deleting apps we don't use, as well as photos or files that we do not use or need on the phone. This is possible by doing this directly, but we can also use file manager apps, such as Google Files, which will indicate those files that we really don't use and that we can then delete from the phone. Thus, said cleaning will be more efficient and we will be able to free up some space on the phone. It will help WhatsApp photos to display in gallery again.
Automatic download of photos on WhatsApp
WhatsApp has an option that makes it possible download the photos that they send us in the chats automatically, so that when receiving a photo it will be displayed immediately in the phone's gallery. Although it is a convenient feature, many users disable it in the messaging app, in order to save data. Since it does not download automatically, less mobile data is consumed. In addition, in this way you have the possibility of choosing which photos you really want to download, ideal if on some occasion they send you many photos at the same time.
It may be the case that you have disabled the automatic download of images in the messaging app, which causes the photos in the gallery to not be seen, since those photos have not actually been downloaded. Therefore, it is recommended to check whether this function is activated or deactivated in your WhatsApp account. This is a really simple thing to do. If you want the photos to be shown in the gallery, you can turn it back on in the settings. Just follow these steps to do it:
- Open WhatsApp on your phone.
- Click on the three vertical dots in the upper right.
- Go into the settings.
- Go to the section on Storage and use of data.
- Scroll down to Automatic Download.
- Allow files to download automatically, not just over WiFi.
Problems with the Internet connection?
The problem may be something as simple as that at that moment you have problems with your internet connection, which is the reason that prevents WhatsApp photos from downloading and saving in the gallery on Android. If someone sends us a photo that is somewhat heavy and at that moment we are having problems with our Internet connection, we will not be able to download it to the phone.
In this type of situation, we can always check if at that moment our Internet connection is having problems. This way we will be able to see if the Internet connection is really the reason for this problem in WhatsApp. We can change to another connection (switch from data to WiFi or vice versa) to see if this way it is possible to carry out the download of this photo on the phone. In many cases, disconnecting the phone from the network, waiting a few seconds and reconnecting it works well. We can also try to use another app on the phone that needs internet connection to see if this app works or not.
Has WhatsApp crashed?
One reason why this photo is not displayed is that WhatsApp has crashed. There may have been a problem downloading this photo to the phone, causing it to not show up in the gallery. As you know, there are times when the application crashes (its servers go down) and problems arise with it. Either the app does not work or some of its functions start to give problems, such as the photo not being displayed or it cannot be downloaded.
In this type of situation we can check if WhatsApp has crashed or not. Since at least it can help us rule out this option as the reason why said photo is not displayed in the mobile gallery, for example. This is something that can be done using a website like Downdetector, where it is indicated if the app has crashed, how long it has been having problems and you can also see a map, where it is indicated if our country or area is also among the affected. So we can see if this is the cause of this problem with the app.
Restart the phone
A basic solution that you have surely heard a thousand times, but that continues to work perfectly when faced with Android problems. It is possible that the photos sent to you on WhatsApp are not being saved in the gallery of the phone, but if we restart our Android mobile, when we open that gallery again on the phone we will see those photos in it. There are times when it is problems in the processes of the apps or the phone that cause these types of errors. Therefore, restarting the phone ends these processes.
Press and hold the power button on your phone and In the menu that appears on the screen, click on Restart. After a couple of minutes the phone will be restarted and working normally again. Then try to open the phone gallery, to check if those photos that you have downloaded are already available or not within the WhatsApp album within this gallery. Also check in the messaging app if you have made this download, to make sure you have them. If not, download the photos again and check if they are displayed in the corresponding album in the gallery.