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Instagram releases redesigned app for iOS 7 w/ higher resolution photos & video

Just about every big app has been getting an update and in many cases a refreshed look for the release of iOS 7, and today a completely redesigned Instagram app is hitting the App Store. Instagram made the announcement on its blog and also highlighted a few new features arriving with the new app alongside the UI overhaul.

Version 4.2 of the app will also include larger photos and videos that bring an increased resolution and allows content to stretch right to either side of your display while browsing your feed. Instagram noted a few other design tweaks on its blog:

In grid view, we streamlined things so that your content will also appear larger. We led our redesign with a focus on clarity to keep the feel of Instagram clean, simple and grounded in the photos and videos you discover and share.

The updated app also includes circular profile pictures, but notably does not yet directly support the slow-mo video feature that Apple introduced with the iOS 7 camera on the iPhone 5s.

Instagram version 4.2 is available on the App Store now. 

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Comments

  1. Rob Smithson - 11 years ago

    And still no ability to shrink-to-fit photos or crop properly.

    • 5516 (@KPnDC) - 11 years ago

      When IG first came out it featured a shrink to fit option. I left iOS for a few years and was shocked to see it removed. My first few photos on my account uses the feature.

  2. Ranjith Reddy Gutha - 11 years ago

    Cropping pictures sucks .I have to take a long shot to apply the filter

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