Uploads from your phone find the fastest route.

Your phone used to send every upload the same way, no matter where you were. If you were in Corpus Christi and the main server was in California, that's the route it took. Now your phone finds the nearest server and uploads there first.

The difference shows up on slower connections. Shorter routes mean faster uploads. People in rural areas see the biggest win because their signal is already fighting distance.

We tied this to the compression we released yesterday. Smaller files plus shorter routes means uploads work better, even when your connection is being difficult.