Android 13 & Whatsapp

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My wife & I have the exact same phones (as in we both have a Samsung Galaxy S20 5G).
Our WhatsApp app versions are also the exact same - latest.
Yesterday my wife installed the Android 13 update, I stayed on 12 for the time being.
She went to send a picture via WhatsApp & immediately complained about a change - instead of it bringing up her gallery of snaps she's taken etc, there's a load of whatsapp folders.
She can get to the gallery but there's now more steps to do it - 3 dots in the top right, then more selecting.
For me on Android 12, it's just there, like it always has been. No jumping through hoops. I'm just straight at my gallery.
Anyone else experienced this & has a tweak to revert it back to what it always has been?
Our WhatsApp app versions are also the exact same - latest.
Yesterday my wife installed the Android 13 update, I stayed on 12 for the time being.
She went to send a picture via WhatsApp & immediately complained about a change - instead of it bringing up her gallery of snaps she's taken etc, there's a load of whatsapp folders.
She can get to the gallery but there's now more steps to do it - 3 dots in the top right, then more selecting.
For me on Android 12, it's just there, like it always has been. No jumping through hoops. I'm just straight at my gallery.
Anyone else experienced this & has a tweak to revert it back to what it always has been?
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This is Android 13 on a Google Pixel and is no different to when it was on 12 as far as i can remember.
Whereas I on android 12 just go straight to my gallery. 1 press, that's it.
Of course if you want to share a pic you've just taken it can be shared directly from the camera.
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What I've done before your post is describe how that isn't what she's now getting after updating.
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Initially we thought it was a WhatsApp problem until we saw our version numbers are the same which made us think it's an android 13 problem as that had been literally the only change.
Yours isn't an S20 but I'd be amazed if that was the factor since its a Galaxy anyway.
Will tell her to give the old uninstall re-install trick a go to see if it works.
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Make sure she backs up her chat first .....
Even still, best to back up immediately before anyway.