Instagram IGTV

[Arthur]

Instagram has made an app specifically for people who like watching or recording vertical videos.

 

Download: (Android, iOS)

 

Watch long-form vertical videos from your favourite Instagram creators.

 

IGTV is different to your typical video experience. Videos are full-screen and vertical without any black boxes on the side, so you never have to rotate your phone. And IGTV videos aren't limited to a minute, which means you can see more of your favourite content.

 

Features

• Download and sign in with your Instagram account. You can start watching videos straight away.
  
• Watch videos from creators you already follow and others you might like. Your IGTV experience is unique to you.
  
• Browse other videos or search for a specific creator's channel as you watch.
  
• Like or comment on videos and send them to your friends in Direct.
  
• Discover creators and follow them directly from IGTV to see more of who they are on Instagram.
  

 

[jthompson]

Hooray! People now have a place to put their vertical videos [where I don't have to see them].

[Arthur]

IGTV Now Supports Landscape Videos

 

Today marks yet another change for IGTV – and it once again comes from listening to our creators and viewers. We’ve heard from creators who want to upload landscape videos for IGTV. Similarly, we’ve heard from viewers who come across landscape videos in IGTV but want to watch them in a more natural way.

 

That’s why we’re announcing support for landscape videos in addition to vertical. Ultimately, our vision is to make IGTV a destination for great content no matter how it’s shot so creators can express themselves how they want.

 

^ Duh! Landscape videos should have been supported from the beginning.

[jthompson]

Translation: We couldn't convince enough people to not use their camera properly.

[DrCheese]

Yup - That and creators make content for every other platform in landscape so why would they make different content for one platform?

[FishCustard]

Yup - That and creators make content for every other platform in landscape so why would they make different content for one platform?

 

Because it's 'phone-first' and 'disruptive' and 'probably less effort to develop'...