Android gets 3D functionality from Instagram

3D touch technology came into focus only with smartphones like Apple’s iPhone, Huawei’s Mate S, etc. Now, Instagram offers this same functionality via an app, which it first launched for iOS in November 2015. After its trial run on iOS, Instagram has introduced it to Android. It has an update that effectively mimics the 3D touch functionality without the actual display technology. As per research firm IHS, 25 per cent of smartphones in 2016 will come with pressure-sensitive displays. Till date, most Android smartphones do not have this 3D touch function. Instagram wanted to offer this feature to its Android user base as well, so it ported the function to Android devices with a new app update.

The update permits users to press hard and long on a photo to bring up a lightbox-like module. This will give its users a larger preview without abandoning their current screen. One can even ‘like’ a message and share it. The new update will come up automatically on your Android device with Instagram installed. In case it doesn’t, one can download Instagram from the Google Play Store.