Instagram users can now zoom in on photos, videos

Photo sharing app Instagram disclosed a new feature on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) allowing iOS users to zoom in on photos and videos.

By simply using a pinch gesture, the latest update covers content on users’ feed, other profiles and in Explore, The Verge reported.

Today we’re bringing ZOOM to Instagram on iOS! Pinch to zoom on photos & videos in feed, on profiles and on Explore pic.twitter.com/j1g4JQozK2

— Instagram (@instagram) August 31, 2016

The platform’s much-anticipated feature, which had been requested by millions of users over the years, bolsters the app’s focus on catering to serious photographers rather than just social media mavens.

Multiple aspect ratios help users share images as they are meant to be seen, while zooming in allows users to hone on their preferred details, the report said.

Instagram, however, still does not support image rotation for landscape snaps, while several tech sites stressed the need for the app to upgrade its maximum resolution of 1080 pixels wide.

Android, users, meanwhile, will have to wait longer for the update, as the new feature will be rolling out to Google-based products ”in the coming weeks.” Instagram has yet to confirm if the update will also support Windows users.

Watch Instagram’s introduction of the new feature below.  Khristian Ibarrola