{"id":55954,"date":"2013-11-20T21:48:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T19:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=55954"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:01:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:01:18","slug":"instagram-arrives-on-windows-phone-in-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/instagram-arrives-on-windows-phone-in-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram arrives on Windows Phone in beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Instagram for Windows Phone\" href=\"http:\/\/instagram.en.softonic.com\/windows-phone-7\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram for Windows Phone<\/a> is finally here but users may be disappointed. The app is launching in beta because it&#8217;s <strong>missing key features like in-app photo taking and video recording<\/strong>. Strangely, the Windows Store description says video recording is supported.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-55959\" title=\"Instagram for Windows Phone 1\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/11\/Instagram-for-Windows-Phone-1-568x473.jpg\" alt=\"Instagram for Windows Phone feed and explore\" width=\"568\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/11\/Instagram-for-Windows-Phone-1-568x473.jpg 568w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/11\/Instagram-for-Windows-Phone-1-256x213.jpg 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/11\/Instagram-for-Windows-Phone-1.jpg 658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since you can&#8217;t take photos within the app, Instagram for Windows Phone will <strong>launch the default camera application<\/strong> instead. After you snap your photo, you can edit it with filters and more before uploading it to the photo sharing service.<\/p>\n<p>Also missing is the ability to tag your friends in photos or view maps of geotagged photos. Instagram says they will keep working on the app to bring its feature set up to par with its Android and iOS counterparts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-55960\" title=\"Instagram for Windows Phone profile and filters\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/11\/Instagram-for-Windows-Phone-2-568x473.jpg\" alt=\"Instagram for Windows Phone profile and filters\" width=\"568\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/11\/Instagram-for-Windows-Phone-2-568x473.jpg 568w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/11\/Instagram-for-Windows-Phone-2-256x213.jpg 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/11\/Instagram-for-Windows-Phone-2.jpg 658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Instagram for Windows Phone <strong>only supports Windows Phone 8<\/strong> so Windows Phone 7.5 and 7.8 are out of luck.<\/p>\n<p>In the mean time, short video aficionados can \u00a0get their fix with the <a title=\"Vine for Windows Phone\" href=\"http:\/\/vine.en.softonic.com\/windows-phone-7\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vine for Windows Phone<\/a> app.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download <a title=\"Instagram beta for Windows Phone\" href=\"http:\/\/instagram.en.softonic.com\/windows-phone-7\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram BETA for Windows Phone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"Instagram beta for Windows Phone Windows Store link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsphone.com\/en-us\/store\/app\/instagram-beta\/3222a126-7f20-4273-ab4a-161120b21aea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows Store<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/google-search-app-for-windows-phone-updated\">Google Search app for Windows Phone updated, still missing Google Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/vine-for-windows-phone-out-now\">Vine for Windows Phone out now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/flipboard-coming-to-windows-8-and-windows-phone-in-the-next-few-weeks\">Flipboard coming to Windows 8 and Windows Phone in the next few weeks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram for Windows Phone is finally here but users may be disappointed. The app is launching in beta because it&#8217;s missing key features like in-app photo taking and video recording. Strangely, the Windows Store description says video recording is supported. Since you can&#8217;t take photos within the app, Instagram for Windows Phone will launch the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/instagram-arrives-on-windows-phone-in-beta\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Instagram arrives on Windows Phone in beta&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":55959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2354],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-55954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectioninstagram"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331781,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55954\/revisions\/331781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55954"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=55954"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=55954"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=55954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}