While far from a major update, today’s Instagram update adopts the iOS 7 aesthetic, and puts photos front and center. Images are edge-to-edge, with no borders, the buttons have been flattened, and there’s that white background we’re getting used to in iOS 7.
What you won’t find here, however, is a major change that takes into account iOS 7′s new layering features or its heavy use of dynamics and physics. There is certainly lip service paid to conventions like the circular profile pictures, but this isn’t a complete turnover of thinking with iOS 7 in mind. It must be said, however, that not every app needs to make design decisions that use every tool in the toolbox. Instagram is about the photos and the team says that the changes it made are designed to put your photos first, which makes sense.
The display resolution of images has been increased, and Instagram has tweaked the grid to make images bigger.
“We led our redesign with a focus on clarity to keep the feel of Instagram clean, simple and grounded in the photos and videos you discover and share,” declared a post on the company blog.
Oh, and they haven’t flattened the app icon either. Which of course, is sacrilege.
Instagram is available FREE in the App Store. [DIRECT LINK]
