There’s no app. The website IS the app. I know, wild.
You’re probably looking for the 8mb.video app. I’ve got good news and slightly funny news: it works perfectly in your phone’s browser, and you can put it on your home screen so it feels like an app.
Updated October 22, 2026
The site tells your phone it can open full screen, so once it’s on your home screen it usually opens without the browser bars, just like an app. Menus vary a little by version.
iPhone: use Safari. Tap the Share button, scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen, then Add. Safari is the surest way. Chrome and Edge on iPhone can do it too since iOS 16.4.
Android: use Chrome. Tap the ⋮ menu, then Add to Home screen (or Install app if you see it), then confirm.
An iPhone saves video as HEVC by default (the High Efficiency setting). 8mb.video reads it fine and gives you back an H.264 MP4, which plays almost everywhere. If you send the original straight to a chat and it won’t play, that’s why: see Discord video won’t play. Apple explains the two camera formats here.
If the connection drops during an upload, it picks up where it left off, so you don’t start from zero. For a big file it’s still kinder to keep the browser in front until the upload finishes, because phones love to pause things they can’t see.
The upload is the file’s full size, so a big video is a big upload. The squeezing happens on my servers, not your phone, so your phone stays cool and your battery stays yours. For anything over about 200MB, Wi-Fi is a good idea.
iPhone: Safari asks to download it, and it usually lands in the Files app under Downloads. From there, share it to Discord or save it to Photos.
Android: it’s usually saved to your Downloads, and Chrome shows a notification with an Open button. Attach it from there in Discord, or find it in your Files app.
Sending to Discord? The limits and the steps are on their own pages.
No. I never made one, because the website already does the job and I’d rather spend the time making the compressor better. If something in a store uses the 8mb name, it isn’t mine, and I’d be careful with it.
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