Camera6 and WhatsApp groups
Job photos in a WhatsApp group are easy to send and hard to find.
Most crews start with a group chat. It works until you need the photos of one job from three weeks ago.
What goes wrong with the group chat
- WhatsApp compresses photos unless people remember to send them as documents.
- Photos of every job sit in one long thread, mixed with messages.
- They are on personal phones. When someone leaves the company, their photos go with them.
- Nobody knows which photos belong to which job without scrolling.
With Camera6
- Full-resolution photos, never compressed.
- Each photo goes to the job's folder in Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or Camera6 storage.
- Stamped with date, time, place and who took it, so the photo proves itself.
- The photos belong to the company, not to anyone's phone.
| WhatsApp group | Camera6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Photo quality | Compressed | Full resolution |
| Sorted by job | No | Yes, a folder per job |
| Stamp with date, place, author | No | Yes |
| Who owns the photos | Each person's phone | The company |
| Customer or subcontractor sends photos | Join the group | Upload link, no app |
Questions
Can we keep WhatsApp for talking?Yes. Keep the chat for messages and use Camera6 for photos. Nobody has to change how they talk.
How do subcontractors send photos?Send them an upload link. They open it on their phone, take photos, and the photos go to the folder you chose. No app or account.
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