Today we’re excited to announce two major updates to Instagram that will help connect our community to the world as it happens: the all-new Explore page, with trending Tags and Places, and more powerful search that makes it easier to find the people, places and tags you’re looking for. The new Explore now surfaces trends as they emerge in real-time, connecting you to events and conversations both near you and around the globe. In addition, at the top of the Explore page you will find new curated collections that will be updated regularly, featuring interesting accounts and places. To start, these updates to Explore will only be available in the United States. We'll work to bring it to the rest of the world after we fine tune the experience and set it up to work well in other countries.
For everyone on Instagram, we’ve dramatically improved the ability to find what you’re looking for. With the new Places Search, you can now peer in at just about any location on earth, and the new Top Search also lets you search across people, places and tags all at once.
Instagram for iOS version 7.0 is available today in Apple’s App Store, and Instagram for Android version 7.0 is available today on Google Play.