Instagram Updates iPhone App, Adds Better Location Support And More

With more than 25 photos and 90 likes being added to Instagram every second, the photo-sharing service is becoming more popular than ever — it has more than 10 million users to keep satisfied. With that in mind, the company has rolled out a new update to its iPhone app. The update fixes some problems that users had complained about when Instagram 2.0 was launched and adds new features, such as better location support.

Instagram has in fact rolled out 2 updates for location support here. First, when you import a photo from your library, Instagram will suggest places close to where your photo was taken if you tagged your location when you took the photo. Secondly, Instagram will now save any photo you take through the app on your Camera Roll in high-res format with geo data still attached to this photo.

Both of these features will allow you to share photos you have captured at a later time without losing the location data. Pretty smart. You’ll also be able to visualize where your Instagram photos were taken on the Places map on your iPhone’s Camera Roll.

The company has carried out some work on its filters with this update. For instance, the Earlybird and Brannan filters were accidentally modified when rewriting them to make the filters much faster in version 2.0. These filters have now been updated to look much more like their original versions. While Instagram changed some filters on purpose in version 2.0, it’s working to bridge the gap between old and new versions of the filters.

There are other fixes throughout the app, such as a softer cut-off point when using tilt-shift and the option to tap to switch between filters (as with older versions of Instagram). Some other bugs have been fixed, while Instagram has changed the way in which filter information is sent to third-party services — for instance, when you view photos on web.stagram.com, you can see what filter was used on the photo.

You can check out the latest version of Instagram by downloading it on your iPhone now. While there is no Android app as yet, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom says that it is a major priority for the company.

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