Every Instagram update puts new features at your fingertips that make it more useful and interesting. Applications on Apple devices are updated automatically from the App Store. Thanks to that you can constantly enjoy the news without having to keep an eye on it.
Instagram is a free social network, limited to visual formats, that provides multiple ways to express yourself and unleash your creativity. It is not only focused on entertainment and social interaction. It has gained great popularity since it is also used for the exhibition of products, favoring the development of small businesses.
Due to the strong competition resulting from the emergence of new social networks such as TikTok y Snapchat, the social network has had to adapt quickly. Thanks to the implementation of the latest technologies and its focus on the preferences of its users, it has managed to remain among the favorites worldwide.
How to activate or deactivate automatic application updates?
- For iPhone and iPad
- Go to Settings > Playing App Store > Application Updates.
- If your device is a Mac
- Go to the App Store, go to the menu bar at the top of your screen and select App Store, tap Preferences > Automatic Updates.
- If you have an Apple Watch
- Could you activate or deactivate this option both from the watch and from your iPhone as we showed you previously.
- From the watch itself: Configuration > App Store > Automatic Updates.
How to update Instagram manually?
If you prefer to update your apps manually, here's how.
- In the App Store, scroll down and tap “Account","Updates”, you can update the ones you prefer by tapping to update next to each one.
- You can also choose the option of update all.
If you cannot update your application, I recommend you go to Apple Support.
Instagram news available since November 15
Create stickers with photos
Now you can create stickers with the photos you have in your gallery; Do you want to know how? just follow these steps.
- Play the button to create content.
- Select the modality, either story or reel.
- Tap in the lower left corner of the screen, access the gallery and select a photo.
- Select the icon sticker at the top of the screen.
- Balance Create and choose the photo you want.
- Finally touch Use sticker.
- You can add it to current post and it will be saved so you can use it whenever you want.
Chroma Effect
Now you have the possibility to change the background of your photos and videos. You can choose among the options that the application offers you or other photos and videos that you have in your gallery. You must keep in mind that the place you are in should have as uniform a background as possible. It's very easy to do:
- Play the button to create content.
- Select the type of content you prefer.
- Tap on the camera button that appears in the upper left corner.
- Once you have the front camera activated, Choose Among the options that appear on the left, Chroma effect.
- You can choose either one of the application options, or the content of your gallery.
Choose your audience
The option of choose who will see the content you share will be available for your photos and reels.
- Create a list of Best friends.
- Enter your profile (in the lower right corner).
- In the upper right corner of the profile, access the 3 horizontal lines.
- Select option Best friends.
- All your contacts will appear so that Choose who you want to include.
- Follow the steps you normally do when creating content. On the last screen, where you select music and tag people, you will see the audience option. The list you created previously will be available here.
Dual Capture
An option has been included that allows, during your reels, both cameras record. This allows you record what surrounds you and at the same time, appear in the video.
- Tap the button to create content.
- Select the modality.
- Go to the camera, in the upper left corner.
- Select the Dua optionl that appears in the list on the left.
New Text Fonts
On the edit screen of your reel, select Add Text. You will have 6 new text fonts, available for almost any language. There's also Various outlines available that will make it more readable and add variety to your content. Finally, if you want to add voice to your reel messages you will have 10 new English voices to use in text to speech option.
New filters
In recent years, Instagram has focused on its videos. With the most recent update, they have decided pay more attention to the photos section, They were added More than 20 image effects. In addition to changing colors and tones, they add special effects that are different from the usual ones.
new tools
We have more facilities to create our reels directly in the application. Options like scale, rotate, trim, undo and redo let you edit clips in a fun way, without the need to use other editors. You can have a Preview your drafts and rename them, among other options.
Statistical options
These are available only for business accounts or content creators. You will be able to see know how many people are watching your videos at any given time, even know when they play them repeatedly.
The new interactive graphics They will facilitate the analysis of the performance of your content and thus know the effectiveness of your strategies.
If, despite having updated the application, you do not have these options, you should know that you just have to be patient. This is because Instagram is gradually integrating its new functions to small groups of users.
Instagram is better on iPhone
Instagram receives better reviews on Apple devices. The reason? This application normally compresses photos before publishing them, this causes them to lose quality, which is not liked by its users. But iPhone users have long had an advantage. Since the arrival on the market of the iPhone 12 (models with iOS 14.3 or later), the mode arrives ProRAW. This mode saves all the quality of our photographs, without any compression. One of the clearest advantages of having an iPhone.
You can learn more about Apple PorRAW at this link.
How to enable ProRAW mode on your iPhone?
Go to Settings > Camera > Formats and Enable Apple ProRAW in Capture Mode. You must keep in mind that, in this mode, snapshots weigh 10 times what HEIF and JPG formats weigh. We must guarantee the necessary space in the phone's storage.
That's all, let me know in the comments if I've been helpful to you and if you have any questions.