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Instagram for Windows

  • Free

  • In English
  • V 42.0.19
  • 4

    (20850)
  • Security Status

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Dinkar Kamat
Dinkar KamatUpdated 5 days ago

Share photos and videos for free

Instagram is a popular social networking app offering a simple way to capture and share moments. Joined by more than 2 billion people, this social media app lets you express yourself by sharing photos and videos

Excellent photo-sharing app

Instagram was first known for providing users with a free platform to share their photos and videos. The app comes with filters that you can add to your photo and video to enhance its look. But if you want to get more in-depth with your photo enhancement, Instagram has basic photo editing features that you can apply. It includes structure, brightness, contrasts, warmth, color, and highlight. These options are available for both pictures and videos.

Instagram also allows users to post multiple photos in one post to not flood your news feed with photo after photo after photo. Posts with multiple pictures have a little white box in the upper right corner and dots below the picture. 

If you want your photos and videos to reach a larger audience, Instagram has the answers for you. The app supports cross-platform sharing letting you share your photos and videos to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Foursquare

But what makes Instagram infinitely better than before is that its functions are no longer limited to posting, commenting, tagging, and sharing videos. The app now allows you to share by-the-minute updates through its stories function. This feature provides users a way to post a series of photos and videos that are strung together in a content package. Contents posted on stories disappear after 24 hours, so you don’t have to consume more storage space. Recent Instagram app update provides users the option to share their stories on Facebook Stories. 

Another recent feature is that aside from tagging, you can also invite collaborators to your post. For example, if you post a picture of you and your friends, instead of tagging them, you can invite them to be collaborators to your post, so the picture will not only appear on your profile but also theirs. 

Explore and reels

Instagram comes in a Facebook-like feed that lets you view all uploaded media from your account as well as the people you follow. From there you can browse through images and videos and even like and comment on posts that you like. But if you wish to see more posts other than those you have followed, you may do so with this app. 

Instagram has an explore feature that lets you see posts popular among users as well as recommended posts based on your commonly liked posts. The contents are organized according to Instagram users, tagged places, and hashtags used, for you to find what you are looking for. If you have something specific in mind, you can also look it up on the search bar. Instagram allows users to search for people, tags, and places. 

But perhaps the most innovative addition to this app is its improved video-sharing feature. Instagram’s latest installment, Instagram Reels is dedicated to lengthy vertical videos that you cannot upload as a regular post or a story. Regular posts come with a limit of 1 minute per video while stories are limited to only 15 seconds. Reels lets you post videos that span up to 10 minutes, making it an ideal platform for social media influencers, celebrities, and bloggers

Queen of social media apps

There is no doubt that Instagram is one of the leading social media apps out there. This app has a lot to offer besides posting and sharing. Many users use this app as a platform to influence and inspire others through images and videos. And with its constant updates and addition of new features, it is no wonder that Instagram is called the queen of all social media apps

PROS

  • Simple, Straightforward Interface
  • Filters for Both Videos and Photos
  • Uploads By-the-Minute Updates
  • Allows Cross-App Sharing

CONS

  • Requires Sign-Up
  • Cannot Re-Arrange Order of Photos on Feed
  • No Advanced Video Editing Options
  • Too Many Ads Inserted on the Feed

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Instagram for PC

  • Free

  • In English
  • V 42.0.19
  • 4

    (20850)
  • Security Status


User reviews about Instagram

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    by Bill Daki

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