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Compress a video for iMessage
Free, in your browser, nothing uploaded. Drop the file, press the button.
iMessage has no hard published cap, but large videos send slowly, arrive over-compressed, or fall back to tiny MMS limits when the other side isn't on iMessage. A smaller file sends fast and looks consistent — this page targets a reliable 16 MB, all compressed on your device.
uses your device's built-in video encoder · nothing to install · no file ever leaves your browser
No upload queue
Compression runs on your own CPU. A 500 MB recording never crawls up your connection to someone's server — there's nothing to upload, wait on, or trust.
No command line to learn
The same H.264 encoding professionals tune by hand — with the bitrate math and resolution worked out for you. Pick a size, press the button.
Private by default
Your video is processed in browser memory and discarded when you close the tab. We never see a frame of it — only anonymous size and preset stats.
Questions people actually ask
What's the real size limit for texting a video?
iMessage tolerates large files over data but re-compresses them; SMS/MMS fallback is often just 1–3.5 MB. Compressing to ~16 MB keeps iMessage happy and gives MMS a fighting chance.
Why does my texted video look worse than the original?
Because the messaging layer re-compresses anything it deems too big. Sending an already-optimized clip means less of that lossy re-squeezing on top.