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Instagram Updates iOS App With Pinch-to-Zoom Ability on Photos

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A small but noticeable update has hit Instagram today, with the company launching the ability to zoom in on photos within the iOS app. With pinch-to-zoom support, users can get better close-up views of Instagram posts within their feed, on other users' profiles, and in the Explore tab.

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Users will be able to zoom in on videos in each of these locations as well, but the update is only rolling out to iOS Instagram users right now, with no word yet regarding when it might debut on Android. You can download Instagram from the iOS App Store for free. [Direct Link]

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JonneyGee Avatar
JonneyGee
131 months ago
Great news! This might seem insignificant to many people, but this is probably the biggest feature missing from the app except an iPad version.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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S.B.G
131 months ago
Hmmm.... I just checked and found an update to Instagram, installed it and no zoom yet, and its not listed in the description. They must be rolling it out as another update...

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Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
wdowell Avatar
wdowell
131 months ago
Pinch to zoom on already low res photos? That's going to look fab..
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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LiE_
131 months ago
#innovation
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netsped
131 months ago
You might need to kill the app and open it again. I think it's a bad implementation of pinch to zoom because it will not stay zoomed. It's more like a magnify thing.

Not to exciting.

Edit. And yeah, photos look low quality when magnifying them.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
angemon89 Avatar
angemon89
131 months ago
can finally zoom in on boobies and butts
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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