v1.21.0You can now add several videos at once. They appear as a list with each one's estimated size, and one set of settings applies to all of them. The first video in a list is free, as is any number of videos added one at a time. A new paid plan, Plus, compresses the whole list in one go and saves the results straight into a folder.
Changelog
Every visible change to the site is listed here, newest first. Dates are the day it went live.
v1.20.6The settings panel is now laid out in rows, on phones and computers alike. Drag the size bar left or right, also with a finger, and the Compress video button is on screen right after you choose a video. Full screen now opens your device's own video player from the Original and Compressed views, and you leave it the way you normally would on that device.
v1.20.5Each guide page now shows an icon for its app or topic next to the settings it uses. The button in that box is gone, since the compressor is right below it.
v1.20.4Every guide page now has the compressor on the page itself, already set to that page's values. Before you choose a video, the size buttons stay unselected so the page's own target is the only one shown.
v1.20.3The 30 guide pages and the About, Changelog, Privacy and Contact pages now use the same layout as the home page. Each guide page lists the settings it opens the compressor with.
v1.20.2The home page below the compressor was redesigned, with screenshots of the compressor in each language.
v1.20.1In the settings panel, the size and screen-size columns are now the same width; opening Advanced adds a third column. Error messages now state only what failed. The Discord page now sets 20 MB, Discord's free upload limit since September 8, 2026. All 30 guide pages were rewritten to match the current settings panel, with platform limits checked in September 2026.
v1.20.0Thai and Vietnamese are now available. Browsers set to either language open it automatically.
v1.19.0Arabic is now available, with a right-to-left layout. Browsers set to Arabic open it automatically.
v1.18.5If the browser cannot decode the audio track partway through, the video is now compressed again with the original audio kept as is.
v1.18.4When audio is re-encoded, 5.1 and other multichannel audio is now mixed down to stereo. On some Macs, Chrome could not compress videos with 5.1 audio.
v1.18.3If the browser’s audio or video encoder stops with an error, compression now restarts automatically: audio as stereo 48 kHz, video with software encoding.
v1.18.2Frames the browser can’t decode no longer stop compression: each one is replaced with the previous frame, and the result shows how many there were.
v1.18.1If hardware decoding stops with an error partway through (seen on some Macs as “Could not read this video”), compression now restarts automatically with software decoding.
v1.18.0New settings panel: tap 70%, 50%, 30% or 10% next to the size bar — each shows the file size you'll get — and pick the screen size from a list that shows how big each one is. Frame rate, format and audio are under Advanced. The screen now stays on while a video is compressing.
v1.17.0Most TS, M2TS and MTS videos (common with screen recorders and camcorders) can now be compressed directly.
v1.16.0The settings panel has been redesigned. Drag the size column down to choose how small the video gets, and pick the screen size and frame rate with one tap. The original and the result are shown together, with the estimated quality. The site also has a short address: fc.video.
v1.15.0After compressing, switch between Original, Compare and Compressed right above the video. The playback bar has been redesigned with larger, clearer controls, and the info view (ⓘ) now lists what changed first.
v1.14.1The “Add to desktop” option has moved to the page footer, and the result area no longer shows an install tip — the page stays focused on your video.
v1.14.0Once installed, the app can take videos straight from your system: on Android, share a video from your gallery to FreeCompress; on a computer, right-click a video and choose Open with → FreeCompress. The install tip now appears right with your result, and a few pages display better on small phones. The result area is also tidier. You can add it to your desktop from the top bar or right under your result.
v1.13.0You can now install the compressor as an app: use the Install button at the top, or the tip after you download. Next time it opens in one click from your desktop or home screen. On computers, the result and its two buttons now sit neatly on one line.
v1.12.0The result now tells you when your video will play on more devices — for example, an iPhone MOV turned into an MP4 plays almost anywhere. The Info tab also shows how widely the original and the compressed video can be played.
v1.11.1You can now choose another video right from the result screen. The "Choose video" button looks the same everywhere, and the result screen is simpler.
v1.11.0The site is now available in Korean: the compressor, all 30 compression guides and every page.
v1.10.4On phones, the site name now appears next to the logo. The About and Privacy pages have been rewritten to describe exactly what this site does and what it keeps.
v1.10.3The browser tab now keeps showing progress while you're on another tab, and the progress ring is more accurate near the end.
v1.10.2Videos with ads or short clips inserted in the middle now compress correctly and keep the same length as the original. Progress now shows two decimal places, and the progress window shows the original file size.
v1.10.1Fixes for long videos: videos joined from several parts now come out at the size you chose, WebM output sizes are more accurate, and fewer videos fail to compress. Progress on long videos now moves from the very first second.
v1.10.0Videos joined from several parts can now be compressed. The percentage also appears in the browser tab title, so you can follow progress from another tab.
v1.9.3A clearer message when a video can't be compressed.
v1.9.2Footer links now open in a new tab, so they never interrupt a compression. Sharing a link to the site now shows a preview image.
v1.9.1The progress window now shows the site logo.
v1.9.0New logo and site icon.
v1.8.0If you try to leave before downloading your compressed video, the site asks first. If you leave anyway, the video is kept on your device for 7 days and offered for download on your next visit.
v1.7.0You can now play your video before compressing it, to check it's the right one.
v1.6.3Updated the About and Contact pages.
v1.6.2Small wording improvements.
v1.6.1A cleaner page header.
v1.6.0The before/after comparison can now play in real time with sound, and you can keep dragging the divider while it plays.
v1.5.3Small fixes: the Info panel works in light mode, the main buttons are larger, and Download has an icon.
v1.5.2A simpler result screen and a larger Download button.
v1.5.1Visual polish, and the Adjust settings button now opens and closes the settings panel.
v1.5.0A new workspace: see your video's details before compressing, and compare before and after side by side at full width when it's done.
v1.4.0All 30 compression guides are now available in German, French and Russian — every guide in all nine languages.
v1.3.0Compression guides are now available in Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese.
v1.2.0Compression guides are now available in Simplified and Traditional Chinese.
v1.1.021 new compression guides for popular apps, file sizes, formats and devices — 30 in total.
v1.0.0FreeCompress.video launches.