Bigger is better, when it comes to viewing photos. As promised back at the end of January, Facebook announced on its blog that it’s finally started increasing the maximum size for photos on Facebook.
Example of 604 pix and 720 pix photo
There is an increase in the size of photos by almost 20%. Previously, the maximum size on photos were set at 604 pixels. Now, the size is increase to 720 pixels which translates to bigger and higher quality photos.
As usual, this larger photo size is being launched gradually over the next few days, some lucky Facebookers have already seen the difference, while the rest have to wait for few days.
A note to remember is, photos that have been already uploaded before will remain the same. Only new photos uploaded after the change occurs in your account will see the effect. So, it’s entirely up to you to delete and upload your old photos again if you want them at 720 pix.
Facebook blog also warns that uploads made from some external applications may continue to use the previous size. So, take this into account too before you start fuming and getting upset 
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For Facebook, this move will increase the company’s already massive storage costs, but let’s assume that this is a cost Facebook is happy to take on and give us (Facebookers) better service.
Many of you might not know that there is also a cap on the number of photos uploaded in a particular album. Previously, Facebook had a cap of 60 photos in any one album. That limit was increased to 200 last spring.
Anyway, this is not a photo uploading contest rite..? I hope you guys will enjoy this new move of increasing the max pixel limit.
Enjoy yourself!!!
[Image source: Facebook]
