nowfound

Life & fun · August 27, 2015

Instagram 7.5

Instagram, now with portrait and landscape photos/video

Instagram 7.5 launched on August 27, 2015 with 400 votes, #22 of 3,588 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

In plain words

Instagram 7.5 is a photo and video sharing app for Android, iOS, and wearable devices. The update adds support for both portrait and landscape orientation formats, allowing users to capture and share photos and videos in their preferred aspect ratios. Designed for anyone wanting to share visual content with their social network, it remains a social photography platform focused on image and video sharing.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Share photos and videos in both portrait and landscape orientation on Instagram with our new format options.

Today, we’re excited to announce that – in addition to square posts – you can now share photos and videos in both portrait and landscape orientation on Instagram. Square format has been and always will be part of who we are. That said, the visual story you’re trying to tell should always come first, and we want to make it simple and fun for you to share moments just the way you want to. It turns out that nearly one in five photos or videos people post aren’t in the square format, and we know that it hasn’t been easy to share this type of content on Instagram: friends get cut out of group shots, the subject of your video feels cramped and you can’t capture the Golden Gate Bridge from end to…from about.instagram.com

Does a similar job

all alternatives →
  • Instagram 82016 · about.instagram.com · ▲743

    A new look for Instagram

  • Instagram 72015 · about.instagram.com · ▲270

    Now with new search and explore

  • Instagram2014 · instagram.com · ▲65

    Photos. With friends.

  • Layout by Instagram2015 · about.instagram.com · ▲406

    Combine multiple photos into a single image

  • Instagram Live Video2016 · about.instagram.com · ▲549

    Broadcast live video to your Instagram Stories 🔴

  • Instagram Carousels2017 · about.instagram.com · ▲153

    Share up to 10 photos and videos in one post

More life & fun this month

the category →

Source: Product Hunt launch ↗

Launched alongside, August 2015

the whole month →
  • Chat with some of the world’s most interesting makers

    Life & fun · 2015

  • Better shower, 70% less water

    Life & fun · 2015 · brondell.com

  • MS

    Life & fun · 2015 · blog.filippo.io

  • M▲714

    A personal assistant built inside Facebook Messenger

    Work · 2015 · facebook.com

  • A curated directory of content marketing resources

    Growth · 2015 · contentmarketingstack.co

  • A curated collection of growth hacking tools

    Growth · 2015