Send Direct Images on Facebook on Android
This article teaches you how to send an image directly to a Facebook friend on your Android device.
10 Second summary
1. Open Facebook.
2. Tap the camera icon.
3. Tap the gallery icon.
4. Select a photo.
5. Tap the arrow icon.
6. Select your recipient(s).
7. Tap the send button.
Steps
- Open Facebook. It’s the blue icon with a white “f” on your home screen. If you don’t see it there, check the app drawer.
- Tap the camera icon. It’s at the top-left corner of the screen.
- Tap the gallery icon. It’s the two overlapping photos at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
- If you’d rather take a new photo, you can tap the camera shutter icon (the large circle at the bottom-center area of the screen) to capture it now.
- Select a photo. If you snapped a new photo, you can skip this step. Otherwise, tap the photo you want to send.
- Tap the black arrow in a white circle. This displays a list of your Facebook friends.
- Select your recipient(s). To do this, tap the check box next to the person’s name so a check mark appears. You can select more than one recipient at a time.
- Tap the send button. It’s the white arrow in a blue square at the bottom-right corner of the screen. The image will now be sent to your selected Facebook friends.
