Instagram for iPad, more
9to5Mac Daily
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🗓️ 4 September 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- Instagram launches official iPad app, now available on App Store
- Apple's suppliers face higher costs as it turns to automation
- Google closer to powering new Siri and Apple’s AI search tool as Perplexity fades
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 9 to 5 Mac Daily for Thursday, September 4th, 2025. I'm your host, Chance Miller. We are |
| 0:09.6 | sponsored this week by Backblaze. Leading off today, here is something we've been waiting 15 years for. |
| 0:17.1 | Instagram is now available on the iPad, though it seemed like something that might never happen, |
| 0:22.8 | the popular social media app now offers an official iPadOS version. |
| 0:27.3 | As you'd expect, it includes access to your feed, your stories, |
| 0:30.1 | and other features you use on a regular basis, |
| 0:33.3 | but the Instagram app on iPad is particularly focused on Instagram Reels. |
| 0:38.5 | That's Instagram's video platform similar to TikTok. |
| 0:42.3 | In fact, when you open the Instagram app on iPad every time it'll default to the feed of Instagram Reels. |
| 0:48.7 | To view your actual feed of content from people you follow, including photos and videos, |
| 0:55.4 | you'll have to tap over to a separate tab. |
| 0:57.1 | Instagram says, quote, with Instagram for iPad, we've redesigned the experience to reflect how |
| 1:02.2 | people use bigger screens for lean back entertainment. |
| 1:06.0 | Now, when you open the app, you'll drop into reels so you can get the entertaining |
| 1:09.8 | content you love on a bigger screen. End quote. Again, you'll drop it into Reels so you can get the entertaining content you love on a bigger screen. |
| 1:12.6 | End quote. |
| 1:13.6 | Again, you'll find access to things like your following feed, stories, and other content |
| 1:18.5 | in the Instagram app for iPad. |
| 1:20.4 | You'll just have to tap around a bit more to get to it. |
| 1:23.7 | The new Instagram app is available on the App Store for iPad today. |
| 1:27.7 | In other news today, as Apple moves to diversify its manufacturing operations, it appears to be |
| 1:33.2 | leaning on suppliers to shoulder the cost of automating their assembly lines. |
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