Instagram to Roll Out Game-Changing Update: Goodbye Square Posts, Hello Rectangular Formats!

Instagram is preparing to make a big change. Sections, which are currently square, can turn into rectangles just with the new update.

Tests on the platform, which has been working on this design for several years, have started with some users.

Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, said the following on the subject:

“Most of the content uploaded to Instagram today is in direct form. “It’s very brutal to crop them square.”

Noting that most of the content uploaded to Instagram is in vertical format, Mosseri said that it is very challenging to send 4:3 format photos or 9:16 format videos into a frame, so Instagram should give up on squares and change to its rectangular format.