This comes at a time when the Instagram team has been busy with the rollouts of the Threads app as well as Direct Messaging on the web. Credit where it is due, this is the first time Instagram has really opened up about the lack of an iPad version of the social network and the honesty just hits the right spots. In the past, Instagram for the iPad experience was delivered by a bunch of third-party apps, but those are not an option anymore after the Facebook-owned social network killed the APIs that enabled third-party apps access to Instagram user data.
At launch, there were a number of third-party Instagram apps for iPad owners to check their feed. However, Instagram changed its API and killed all of them — without ever offering to replace these third-party options with its own app. Of course, it's now possible to access Instagram in your web browser, including using Safari on an iPad, so it's possible the social network now believes this experience is good enough not to warrant a standalone app.
Instagram recently brought direct messages to its web client, making the photo-focused social network a true instant messaging rival. Instagram CEO has finally explained why there is no iPad app And now we know why. In the past, Instagram has remained tight-lipped about its refusal to build a separate iPad app. But did you know that despite its popularity Instagram still lacks an iPad app?
Now, the company has revealed that it has no plans to release an iPad app for Instagram anytime soon. A user asked Mosseri, "Where's the Instagram iPad app? It is also interesting to note that earlier this year, Instagram announced that users will be able to post on the social network from the web, but the iPad is still omitted from this.
However, with the coming of iPadOS 15, iPad users will be able to use the iPhone only app on the tablet in landscape mode.
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