Does Google Drive Compress Video or Reduce Video Quality?

Many users have similar questions:

"Will Google Drive compress videos or change the quality of file uploads?"
"Are files uploaded to Google Drive compressed or uploaded in original quality and size? In other words, is anything changed when uploading?"
"I have a butt-load of videos and pics I plan to put in Google Drive. It’s not my main backup but I guess it won’t hurt. So the question is whether Google Drive reduce the quality of uploaded videos/images."

Actually, Google Drive doesn’t compress media files or reduce the file size and quality. But why do the uploaded videos appear blurry?

That is due to the difference between your video file and the Google Drive screen size.

The maximum playback resolution supported by Google Drive is 1920 x 1080 pixels. A video in 1080P or less will look close to the original. But when you upload higher resolution videos, such as 4K and 8K, they will be resized to 1080P. If you download the file to your computer to play offline, the video resolution keeps the same as the original.

Doing so, Google Drive can save bandwidth for users and itself. You and the video recipients will have a seamless video-playing experience, while Google saves the bandwidth for data transfer and reduce pressure on the server.

Step 1. In Google Drive, select the file or folder you want to compress.
Step 2. Right-click to Download the files.
Step 3. It will instantly begin downloading the compressed zip file to your computer.

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