Instead of delivering new filtering options with the next version of Instagram (don’t worry, those are also in-the-works), the popular photo-editing tool creators have decided to take what’s become one of the world’s most popular apps in a whole new direction. Says Instagram CEO, Kevin Systrom, “Instagram 2.0 with its new filters, etc. was all about the user’s production experience. Instagram 3.0 is about a new kind of browser experience, Photo Maps.”
With the new version, Instagram developers hope to create a more narrative experience for users. Up until now, users have uploaded their shots and their shots alone – with no real background, story or structure to go along with the images. Now, however, a new kind of location data will serve towards creating a unique map of the pictures and thereby allow users to express their stories-through-pictures more lucidly (and more interestingly). Users will even be able to extract photos from the past, tack on a location to the photo and essentially revive it with a whole lot more chutzpah. Sound a lot like Facebook’s Timeline? It just may be – in fact, word through the tech journalist grapevine is that this strategy may in fact be a mobile-based rebuttal to the giant social network’s new format, since Instagram 3.0 will be available on both iOS and Android phones.
Photo Maps will allow users to organize their life-stories by geo-tagging the images they upload – the map will then be displayed on a user’s profile. Says Systrom, “In the beginning, social media was thought of as this ephemeral medium — you put something out in the world and it falls off people’s feeds in an hour or two. But really photos get more valuable as time goes on, they become points for nostalgia…up until not, we made it too difficult to access [the old photos]…We want to let you browse through [them] in a fast…manner, and we realized that the way to organize them wasn’t time, but [location].”
In addition to Photo Maps, Instagram 3.0 delivers a revamped Explore tags and user profiles and hashtag and location pages. Users will notice larger photo grids, never-before-offered infinite scrolling, and the ability to report comments as abuse or spam, which is key since Instagram has reportedly had some major issues in the spam department as it has grown. Not long ago, the company also added likes and comments to a chic, updated interface as well.
How exactly does it work? After a user approves his or her photos, a new Photo Map browsing mode shows up on each profile you follow (which means yours, too). The new mode will appear nest to Grid mode and List mode. When a user taps on the Photo Map, he is launched into a map view which organizes snapshots by location. Zoom in, and the shots are divided into more specific groupings according to deeper location.
Ready for it? You can download the new update here:
The writer of this article, Janice Bevilacqua, is an avid content provider for CPS Central, a retailer of extended warranty solutions for electronics. Her niche is primarily technology and gadget related topics.
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