Having had only rumoured reports to go on, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom has officially introduced Video for the popular photo sharing app.
Systrom writes:
“Today, we‘re thrilled to introduce Video on Instagram and bring you another way to share your stories. When you go to take a photo on Instagram, you‘ll now see a movie camera icon. Tap it to enter video mode, where you can take up to fifteen seconds of video through the Instagram camera.
You‘ll also find that we‘ve added thirteen filters built specifically for video so you can keep sharing beautiful content on Instagram. When you post a video, you‘ll also be able to select your favorite scene from what you‘ve recorded as your cover image so your videos are beautiful even when they‘re not playing.”
Instagram is looking forward to seeing what the community will bring with the new feature and to ensure continued security and control over user content, it states that as with photos, only those who you want to see your videos, will.
Instagram for iOS version 4.0 is currently available for download in Apple‘s App Store and Instagram for Android version 4.0 is now available on Google Play.
