Instagram Expected to Release iPad App Later This Year

The Information's Kaya Yurieff and Kalley Huang in April reported that Meta was working on a long-awaited Instagram app for iPads.

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Bloomberg's Mark Gurman corroborated the report in his Power On newsletter today.

Gurman said that Meta employees are "actively testing" Instagram for the iPad, and he expects the app to be released this year, barring any setbacks.

Meta has offered a Facebook app for iPads since 2011, but it had largely avoided offering apps for the device otherwise. That tune finally seems to be changing, as the company released a WhatsApp app for iPads last week, and there are now multiple sources who have claimed that an Instagram app for iPads is in the pipeline too.

There is no word yet on whether Meta plans to release an iPad app for Threads as well.

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Top Rated Comments

surfzen21 Avatar
3 weeks ago
I finally deleted Instagram and Threads from my phone and im not looking back.

It honestly felt more freeing than ending a toxic relationship.
Score: 34 Votes (Like | Disagree)
crisneat Avatar
3 weeks ago
Finally! It only took them over a decade. It’s ridiculous that one of the most media focused apps has ignored the iPad for so long. Better late than never, I guess. Hopefully they actually optimize it for the larger screen and don’t just give us a stretched-out phone version.
Score: 21 Votes (Like | Disagree)
BornAgainMac Avatar
3 weeks ago
Well, it is too late now.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
BenTrovato Avatar
3 weeks ago
2025 the year we got WhatsApp and Instagram on iPad! I'll never understand the extreme delay
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
nathansz Avatar
3 weeks ago

Isn't it curious that the government (both US and EU) love to call out Apple for anticompetitivness or even monopoly, but seemed disconcerned that META would not provide an Instagram app for iPad until (sometime). FaceBook (Meta) acquired Instagram in 2012. IPad had already been around for two years before that. So 13 years later they get around to offering an app. Hmmm....
What does not having an app have to do with being a monopoly?

Don’t get me wrong I think meta is pure evil and don’t use any of their stuff

But I don’t really get what your point is
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jonnyb098 Avatar
3 weeks ago

There is no word yet on whether Meta plans to release an iPad app for Threads as well.
No one uses threads.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)