Instagram is going vertical with its photos. The platform will now allow users to upload images in a 3: 4 aspect ratio without forced crop. The new update was announced by Instagram Head Adam Mosari on Threads. Parivartan brings a significant change in the traditional category of Instagram’s traditional class image format, which has been standard since its launch.

With Instagram now allows 3: 4 aspect ratio, it means that users can now share portrait-style images as they were taken-no trimming is necessary. Moseri said, “Now it will look exactly the same way you shoot,” given that 3: 4 today is a default ratio for most smartphone cameras.

Instagram supported the rectangular image uploads in the first 4: 5 aspect ratio, which offered some vertical flexibility but often still needed the necessary crops. The new 3: 4 format support now provides users a little higher height, preserving full image details, especially in full-body pictures or long subjects.

Instagram also confirmed that this new image ratio would apply to both updated single-image posts and Hindola, making creators and casual users equally more flexibility as to how they perform their content. Although the platform will still support square (1: 1) and 4: 5 formats, users will provide several options to upload images based on the aesthetic preferences of users.

“I know some of you really like your classes,” Moseri said in an Instagram story recently. “But at this point, whatever is uploaded – both photos and videos – are vertical.” He said that it is not necessary to crop such material to meet the lack of old grid.

While infection away from classes may take some time for users for a long time, which cure their grid layout carefully, Moseri believes that the adjustment will eventually improve the user experience. “Your photos and your more videos are really visible with intention,” he said.

In addition to the aspect ratio update, Instagram has also introduced a new feature in the reels feed: a dedicated section that shows videos liked by your friends. In addition, the goal is to increase the discovery of material through social engagement.

Meanwhile, the latest vertical image update by Instagram also follows another recent change in the visual design of the platform. Earlier this year, the platform announced that the profile grid was slowly transferring from its traditional class thumbnail to rectangular preview. The change began to roll out in January and its purpose is to better align with the upper -handed nature of the most photos and videos uploads.