{"id":8072,"date":"2020-08-10T12:28:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T12:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/resources\/?p=8072\/"},"modified":"2020-08-10T12:28:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T12:28:50","slug":"update-instagram-app","status":"publish","type":"knowledge_base","link":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/update-instagram-app\/","title":{"rendered":"How to update your Instagram app in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We often see questions like \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why don&#8217;t I have a specific feature on Instagram<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d or \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why do I have problems with my Instagram app?\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the various Facebook groups that we\u2019re members of.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, very often an answer is very simple: <\/span><b>you don\u2019t have the latest version of the app and you need to update it<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, we\u2019ll show you how to do that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to update your Instagram app on iOS devices\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To update your app, or just to check if you have the latest version, you need to do the following:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to the App Store<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to your account and open the list of apps that you currently have on your phone. Next to the name of each app you can either have an <i>Update<\/i> button or <i>Open<\/i> button. If you have the <i>Update<\/i> button, then it\u2019s clear that you need to update your app. \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8073 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_9300.png\" alt=\"update Instagram app iOS\" width=\"401\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to the App Store<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Type Instagram in the search bar\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, in the top right corner, you will either have the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Update<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button. If you have the Update button, you need to update your app.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8074 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_9302.png\" alt=\"update Instagram app iOS\" width=\"400\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to update your Instagram app on Android devices\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Updating your app on an Android device is similar to what you have to do once you own an iOS device.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open Google Play<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to the tab \u2018My apps and games\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the list, you will first see apps that have new updates available. If you have Instagram there, and if you see the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Update<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button, you need to update the app.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you scroll below the apps that need an update, you will see all the other apps that are updated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open Google Play<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the search bar type \u2018Instagram\u2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the right you will either see the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Update<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Why is it important to have an updated Instagram app?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, you don\u2019t have to check every day if you have the latest version of Instagram. Also, most probably it will be automatically updated at some point.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, if you happen to see some bugs with how Instagram works, updating it can definitely help. 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