The photo-sharing service rolls out its third stand-alone app since Facebook acquired it in 2012.
Instagram on Monday announced a new app, the latest in a developing suite of apps intended to broaden the photo-sharing service's appeal beyond its core users. It's called Layout, and it's a collage app that allows users to simply and artfully arrange a series of images into one Instagram-ready frame.
Layout is the third stand-alone app Instagram has released since Facebook acquired it in 2012 — it was preceded by Hyperlapse and Bolt. And it's one more example of Mark Zuckerberg's plan to create an array of apps for specific mobile tasks.
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Following the trend of sharing multiple images in one (especially popular newly created online habits like birthday selfies), Layout allows users to combine up to nine images in automatically generated templates. Simply select a handful of photos and use the app's toolset to adjust and refine them into an Instagram-ready combination. There are a handful of third party apps on the market that do this already, but they range in price from $.99 to $1.99. Instagram's Layout does it natively — for free.
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