I wonder if this was supposed to be done earlier, when it was made compatible with the iPhone models. Competitor success can make a lot of changes nowadays!
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Instagram is Working on an iPad App
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Seriously. I've seen the argument "but nO One TaKeS PictuRes witH iPadS!!". As if wanting to view pictures on a larger screen would be some niche want.
Apple might actually give us that non-evasive blood glucose monitor before we see this.
I think that a prototype of an Instagram app for iPadOS now exists. I wouldn't be surprised that it could appear about the same time iOS/iPadOS 19.0 arrives in September 2025.
I'm not sure if that will happen. Reason: WhatsApp (I think) is closely tied to your cellphone number.
I did my research perfectly well and went through a number of other horrible solutions before landing on what worked for me. The iPhone app running on iPad is exactly what fit the bill.
So an unsharp, inflated image on an expensive iPad is better than a sharp, beautiful experience on a cheaper Android tablet that actually has a native IG app for tablet "fit the bill"? I'm confused, but OK...
The TapBots devs are working on a client. They've been great with iPad support in the past.
What a time to be alive. Apple made an iPad Calculator app. Instagram is making an iPad app. I wonder what will be next.
I don’t care about the image, I’m not using it to look at anything. It’s a dedicated device specifically to post things to IG for a business account that I don’t want on my personal device. And I can’t airdrop things to an android tablet from my iPhone. I don’t need something that’s cheap and I don’t need something that looks good, I just needed something that works. I airdrop things over, hit post, and move on. I plug it in about once a week to keep it charged, and that’s about it. Otherwise I don’t really do anything else with it.
The lack of a native iPad app hasn’t been an impediment to my use case and my only hope is that the new version doesn’t go lite on features that would otherwise be present in the phone version.
Great, now I can see two useless adverts for every one post (and that post will inevitably be from someone I don't follow).
Nah, that aside, I killed my Instagram account the moment Meta said it was now okay to call gay people mentally ill. I'm not contributing any money to the moon-faced creep in charge of Meta.
Nah, that aside, I killed my Instagram account the moment Meta said it was now okay to call gay people mentally ill. I'm not contributing any money to the moon-faced creep in charge of Meta.
The iPad has a limited user base. It's great for those who use it, but I'm happy using it on my Android phone.