"Your video is over 1 minute,
please trim the video to send."
Sound familiar? Newer phones block long videos in texts and demand you cut them down. You shouldn't have to butcher your video just to share it. Here's the fix — no trimming, no app, no signup.
- 🎬Videos up to 1 GB — full length
- 📦Zero compression — original quality
- 📧Email the link — no contact roulette
Why your phone suddenly makes you trim videos
Text messaging (MMS) was never built for video — it only allows attachments of a few megabytes. Any decent-quality video passes that limit within about a minute of footage, so your phone throws up the "trim your video" message. And even when a short clip does squeeze through, texting crushes it down to a blurry, blocky mess. The limit belongs to texting — not to your phone, and not to your video.
The "share nearby" workaround isn't much better
Tools like Samsung's sharing can move big files, but anyone who's used them knows the catch: they pull from your contact list, show only the name — and if you've got multiple contacts with the same name but different numbers, it's click and hope for the best. One wrong tap and your video lands on a stranger's phone. They also usually need both people nearby, on the right settings, at the same time.
The simple fix: send a link instead of the file
NLFT sidesteps texting limits completely. You get a link to paste to whoever you like — or enter their email and the link is sent for you. Easy, less error-prone, and super fast:
- 1️⃣Upload your video (up to 1 GB per file, up to 50 files) — right from your phone's browser
- 2️⃣Type the email address you want it sent to — no contacts, no duplicates, no guessing
- 3️⃣Done. They get a download link and receive the exact file you sent — full length, original quality
Prefer texting them yourself? Just copy the link and paste it into any message — a link is tiny, so texting has no problem with it. Either way, everything self-destructs after 24 hours.
Common questions
Why does my phone say my video is over 1 minute and must be trimmed?
Because texting (MMS) only allows a few megabytes per attachment. Longer videos exceed that, so the phone forces a trim. It's a texting limit, not a phone problem.
How do I send a video longer than 1 minute without trimming?
Upload it here, get a link, and email or text the link instead of the file. NLFT accepts videos up to 1 GB and never compresses them.
Will the quality drop?
No. Your recipient downloads the identical file you uploaded — never zipped, never re-encoded.
Do I or my recipient need an account or app?
No. No signup, no app, nothing to install on either end. The link works in any browser and expires automatically after 24 hours.