Instagram, the popular photo sharing application owned by Facebook, is about to make a much needed makeover to its images.
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After years of allowing people (more than 300 million active users worldwide) to post photos with relatively a relatively low resolution of his service, a spokesman Instagram confirmed to The Verge that the firm is rolling out an update, which will allow to accept a higher image resolution that we had so far.
Instagram on iOS and Android applications will be offered the image support a maximum resolution of 1080 x 1080 pixels , which is a significant jump on the resolution of 640 x 640 pixels, effective since its launch in 2010 - a time when smartphones were not powerful today sensors. Indeed, if you look back, you will see how the screens and smartphone cameras have evolved over the last five years.
Although it took a while to Instagram to make the leap to images Higher resolution at least the company shows that it is ready to adapt change. With the new format, users will be able to publish images of much higher resolution on photo sharing application.
A phased deployment
The spokesman said the deployment would happen gradually , but did not say when the update would be available for all users. The Verge has been warned on this last Friday novelty, after a reference to "1080px" was found in the source code of Instagram.
Users can check whether their own photos are in the new format using a desktop browser such as Chrome, and then open the source code of a page containing a photo posted on Instagram, and search ".jpg" . The first result is expected to show a link to the uploaded image. Just copy this link into a new browser tab to see the image larger. If it is 1080 x 1080 pixels, you should see a magnifying glass to enlarge.
Instagram has become one of the most popular image sharing service with more than more than 300 million active users. The application allows users to take photos and videos, and share them on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or Flickr. Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010. The service has quickly gained popularity in 2012, and was acquired by Facebook for $ 1 billion.
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After years of allowing people (more than 300 million active users worldwide) to post photos with relatively a relatively low resolution of his service, a spokesman Instagram confirmed to The Verge that the firm is rolling out an update, which will allow to accept a higher image resolution that we had so far.
Although it took a while to Instagram to make the leap to images Higher resolution at least the company shows that it is ready to adapt change. With the new format, users will be able to publish images of much higher resolution on photo sharing application.
A phased deployment
The spokesman said the deployment would happen gradually , but did not say when the update would be available for all users. The Verge has been warned on this last Friday novelty, after a reference to "1080px" was found in the source code of Instagram.
Users can check whether their own photos are in the new format using a desktop browser such as Chrome, and then open the source code of a page containing a photo posted on Instagram, and search ".jpg" . The first result is expected to show a link to the uploaded image. Just copy this link into a new browser tab to see the image larger. If it is 1080 x 1080 pixels, you should see a magnifying glass to enlarge.
Instagram has become one of the most popular image sharing service with more than more than 300 million active users. The application allows users to take photos and videos, and share them on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or Flickr. Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010. The service has quickly gained popularity in 2012, and was acquired by Facebook for $ 1 billion.