Instagram сменил дизайн на чёрно‑белый#эфир https://t.co/HPbevQcl4M pic.twitter.com/TC6aPAKKlc
— The Village (@villagemsk) April 27, 2016
Your Insta might look a little different soon, according to a leaked redesign seen by a select few users that shows the app abandoning the blue header and the black background on the photo editing pages. Instead it will be all white white white, as the NY Post notes. The Instagram team confirmed that testing is underway with a small number of users (some of them in Russia, obviously) as they put the finishing touches on the redesign, and it will be rolling out for everyone "as soon as possible."
The Verge got those first screenshots from user Anton Abramov, and they conclude "The result is a design that feels more modern, but also perhaps less distinctive than the current version of the app."
Instagram, owned by Facebook, has been one of the slower-to-evolve social media apps, though they did add a few new photo filters last year, and last month for the first time moved to an algorithmic prioritizing of its feed order from the traditional chronological view something you may not have seen yet if you haven't updated the app in the last month, like I hadn't. That change already ruffled a lot of feathers among users who did not necessarily want the app to "show the moments [it believes] you will care about the most." And the change, of course, has ruined the lives of some Instagram celebrities, who may not be as popular this month as they were before. It could be, if there's enough of a revolt, that later iterations of the app will allow users to opt out and go back to chronological ordering, but I'm just spitballing here.
Instagram is trying out a new look https://t.co/Rf3vDsw3U0 pic.twitter.com/0u4BBhMPJE
— Engadget (@engadget) April 27, 2016
Previously: Instagram Celebs Panic As Algorithmic Feed Reordering Looms