Instagram surprised its users with the latest update of the app, but not in a positive way. The profile feed, previously featuring square photos, has now adopted a rectangular style.
However, users were not very pleased. Many people, including artists, had planned their profile feeds around the square aesthetic that the platform had always featured.
In fact, many public figures even developed a trick to divide a single image into several posts so that it would appear larger in the feed. Unfortunately, this concept was ruined by the update, as was the case with singer Niall Horan:
I feel like Niall Horan’s profile grid after the IG feed update: pic.twitter.com/s4GIXetFpj
— Davide (@HuertDeAuteuil) January 18, 2025
On X (formerly Twitter), users expressed their opinions about Meta’s decision. “This new Instagram update ruined the entire aesthetic of my profile,” admitted one user. “How can Instagram never get any update right?” said another.
“The Instagram feed is now looking like TikTok, the worst update is always the next one,” said a third user. “Instagram tried to take a step forward but ended up taking 200 steps backward, ugly update,” lamented yet another user.
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