Instagram Finally Has An Ipad App 15 Years After It First Launched

The societal media level Instagram is yet disposable connected nan iPad arsenic a autochthonal app. It only took 15 years, arsenic nan app first launched each nan measurement backmost successful 2010. We knew this was coming and, well, now it's here.

The iPad is simply a different level from a smartphone, truthful nan tablet-based app features redesigned elements. For instance, nan app opens straight into a provender of Reels. The iPad app besides lets users shape posts and Reels into a chronological list, pinch caller posts appearing first. This is really societal media utilized to work, earlier nan almighty algos started choosing worldly for us. This "new" characteristic has besides begun popping up erstwhile again connected nan modular app.

Otherwise, nan redesign takes afloat advantage of nan accrued surface existent estate. Comments connected Reels will look correct adjacent to nan videos and nan DMs page will see nan inbox alongside nan existent chat. This is reminiscent of really nan web customer of Messenger works.

This move is fascinating, arsenic 2 years agone Instagram caput Adam Mosseri said nan iPad simply wasn't a large capable marketplace to accelerated way an app. "It's still conscionable not a large capable group of group to beryllium a priority," he wrote connected X. "Hoping to get to it astatine immoderate point, but correct now we're very heads down connected different things."