Instagram Have Finally Announced The Feature We’ve All Been Waiting For
Every now and then I try to show one of my parents a picture that’s on mine or someone else’s instagram. The thing is though, because they’re old and they don’t always have their glasses on, they immediately start pinching and double tapping to zoom in.
That then either results in them looking at a totally different picture all together or, much worse, them liking one of my pictures as me.
All 20 of my followers would be very shocked to see that, I imagine.
The app has been around for the best part of five years now and it’s denied one of the simplest functionalities one could ask for when looking at photos (something that you can even to with real, physical photos by holding them closer to your face (don’t say you can do that with instagram because real photos are never that small to start with)).
Even today we don’t know why zooming was held out of our grasp but it seems as though our qualms are over, as of the 31st August, IOS users will be able to zoom on Instagram left, right and centre!
Starting today, you can pinch to zoom on photos and videos in feed, on profiles and on Explore. Dive into an adorable puppy’s smile or into every detail of your friend’s new shirt. Over the past six months, you’ve seen many exciting changes come to Instagram, from a new icon to longer videos and even a new way to share everyday moments with Instagram Stories. And as things change, we’re still focused on improving the core parts of Instagram. Zoom is available today for Instagram on iOS. Zoom will be available on Android in the coming weeks.
In a statement regarding the ground-breaking, technological advancement, instagram wrote:
“Over the past six months, you’ve seen many exciting changes come to Instagram, from a new icon to longer videos and even a new way to share everyday moments with Instagram Stories. And as things change, we’re still focused on improving the core parts of Instagram.“
How lovely. Android users will have to wait a few more weeks until they can perv with ease. Sorry fellas.
Maybe tinder can do a few more updates and get me some matches? Fingers crossed!
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