WhatsApp and Instagram for iPad, Finally
Bringing all your favorite features to a larger screen, WhatsApp for iPad makes keeping in touch with friends and family even easier. Make video and audio calls with up to 32 people, share your screen, and use both front and back cameras.
We’ve made WhatsApp for iPad ideal for multitasking so you can get more done. Take advantage of iPadOS multitasking features such as Stage Manager, Split View, and Slide Over to view multiple apps at once, so you can send messages while browsing the web, or research options for a group trip while on a call together.
One of the weird things about Meta’s companywide obstinate refusal to adapt its iOS apps for iPadOS is that for WhatsApp, they’ve had a fairly decent Mac app for years. Surely it was less work to adapt their iOS app for iPadOS than it was to create a passable Mac app using Catalyst.
Instagram (MacRumors, Hacker News):
Today, we’re excited to announce we’re bringing Instagram to iPad. People have asked for this for a while, and we’ve taken the time to design an experience that optimizes your favorite parts of Instagram for a bigger screen.
Instagram has always been the place where people connect over creativity, and Reels has become a primary way people discover and share entertaining content. With Instagram for iPad, we’ve redesigned the experience to reflect how people use bigger screens today – for lean back entertainment. Now, when you open the app, you’ll drop into Reels, so you can get the entertaining content you love on a bigger screen. You’ll also see Stories at the top, so you can easily connect with the people that matter to you, and messaging is one tap away.
15 Years for Instagram to come to iPad! We’re talking going back to the days of Steve Jobs, iTunes Ping, the era of iPods, AirPort, & the iPhone 4.
The folks at Meta must have something up their sleeve. The reason I say that is they have finally, after all of these years released an iPad version of the app, long after most folks just figured it would never happen.
While messages, notifications, and reels do feel more expansive on the new app, the standard view still feels… pretty empty. I’m glad the app is fully iPad native now, but it would sure be nice if Instagram considered what might be an elevated tablet experience. (I guess we can stop waiting for the app and start waiting for it to be better instead!)
Sadly the app is not good
Previously:
- Edits and Clips
- Still No Instagram iPad App
- Problems With Instagram and Flickr Sites on iPad
- WhatsApp More Private Than iMessage
- Why There’s No Instagram iPad App
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Meta had one very good app, actually it was branded as Instagram app - Hyperlapse. Used to be super an innovative app, allowing to make smooth motion speded up videos. Meta discontinued it, and they promised that its functionally will be available in Instagram, but it never did. Yet, they actually prevented other companies from doing that very functionality. Maybe some magic will happen and they do something good about it now too.
You see the same crap on Instagram as you do on Facebook. Garbage just like you have as a President.
the question shouldn't be "why won't FB develop apps for the iPad", it should be "What has Apple done to make the iPad platform attractive?" see Vision Pro.
The assumption that everyone had to just do what Apple would like, without any sort of incentive from Apple, is peak Apple hubris.
"Ask not what Apple can do for you but what you can do for Apple!"
and lol at the "obstinate" usage.
