After a half-decade wait, you can finally zoom in on Instagram pictures

After a half-decade wait, you can finally zoom in on Instagram pictures

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After five years of impatient waiting, Instagram fanatics can finally do what they’ve always wanted to do… zoom in on pictures and look at those minute details a little more closely than ever before.

When good news rains, it pours. You can pinch and zoom Instagram videos as well. How cool is that?

Since last Wednesday, Instagram users on both iPhone and Android devices may have noticed that they can now pinch to zoom in and out of photos.

“Over the past six months, you’ve seen many exciting changes come to Instagram, from a new icon to longer videos and even a new way to share everyday moments with Instagram Stories,” the company wrote in a statement on Instagram.

“And as things change, we’re still focused on improving the core parts of Instagram,” it said.

The new functionality will be available for zooming in on photos and videos in your feed, other people's profiles and in the Explore section.

So what are you waiting for? Get pinching, people.

By britexpat• 3 Sep 2016 09:09
britexpat

It's a sad reflection on our lives when this becomes a headline story

By Molten Metal• 3 Sep 2016 08:39
Molten Metal

Congrats for the new feature, will solve some of the issues about zooming ...............

By muad-db• 3 Sep 2016 08:38
muad-db

Have been waiting a long time for this .. so happy

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