Reformat photos to JPEG from HEIC received in text

[HA88]

Text photos from iphone are changed to HEIC format. How do I get these texted photos to be jpeg again? Yes, I've check camera settings and no HEIC is not enabled.

These are not photos I've taken. They are texted photos from iphones. Started happening a couple months ago. 

[realaud]

Are you sure your people aren't sending them in HEIC format? Pictures are generally downloaded in the format they are uploaded in.

[HA88]

I don't think iphone users are sophisticated enough to know their camera setting are HEIC when texting photos. LOL. It's from all iphone users now, not just some. So, somehow the format is getting switched when I receive the texted photo

[realaud]

It may be their camera's default format and they are not sophisticated enough, as you say, to change it. I do not believe photos convert themselves.

[meself]

Samsung also has that option don't know if it's a default on iohines or that person or group you know chose hence on there phones

[Oxford]

Do the HEIC photos you receive from an iPhone display on your phone? If so, what's your problem?

[HA88]

I need to use them, so when I forward to my email, I can't open them on desktop or laptop.

[usermzeJaY3BsM]

Why not just convert them once they are on the PC and re-send them?  There might be a converter app for your cell phone as well to convert HEIC to JPG.  I just checked a message from my brother who is an iPhone user, and his image came in as a .jpg file on March 20th, so either this change was made after that time, or the iPhone users are smarter than you give them credit for (or my brother is but that is unlikely, sorry bro!)

[irbrenda]

Well, I just had the same problem.   I got important text messages sent from an iphone to my Fold 6 and suddenly my message in Link to Windows on PC says to open on my mobile device.   Yes it is on my Fold 6, but I need it to display on my PC as it always has.  This changed just happened after I updated today to One UI 7.

[realaud]

You can download an app from the Play store called HEIC to JPG converter. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tscnpm.convert.heic.to.jpg.png.pdf.multiple.files....