Instagram begins storing high-resolution images

PanARMENIAN.Net - Instagram has begun storing images at 1080×1080 pixels, up from the low standard of 640×640 pixels that it started out with, The Next Web reports.

The app still displays images at the lower resolution on its Web and mobile apps, but the users can find larger versions of recently uploaded photos by digging around the source code.

It’s likely that the change will lead to an improved viewing experience in a future version of the app. Larger images would also allow for better prints from services like Shutterfly and Social Print Studio, TNW says.

To find the larger version of a recently uploaded image in the browser, users can look up the page’s source code, hit Ctrl/Cmd+F to invoke the Find dialog and type ‘.jpg'; the first result is the direct URL to the larger version.