A few hours back Instagram has received one of the biggest updates graduating the client to version 2.0. The new update brings a big new camera interface with Live effects. So from now on, you don’t have to snap and then try various effects. Instead you can browse through the effects with scene in focus right before the shot. The app is claimed to be 200x faster which is unbelievable. On our initial tests, the app performed way faster than before. There are no lags while applying different effects and applying Tilt Shift effect is now 100x faster too.
In addition to huge performance improvements they have also introduced four new filters, and high resolution photos. Previously Instagram photos only meant 612X612. Well now its 1936X1936 on iPhone 4 and 1536X1536 on iPhone 3GS which is great.
Borders are now optional. So you are not forced to have a border for all the pictures you take. And there’s one click rotation too which is nice. The app icon has also seen a facelift with a brighter and better design.
Supported iOS versions and devices
Instagram v2.0 is supported on iOS 4.2.1 and above.
Supported devices include:
- iPhone 4
- iPhone 3GS
- iPod Touch (3rd & 4th generations)
- iPad 2
- iPad