Instagram is one of the famous social media applications available for uploading photos and videos. This software could not be accessed on a PC earlier.
Instagram was introduced for the first time on an iOS supported Apple iPhone via its application store. It allowed the application’s users to upload their images and videos on the application for sharing it to other users through social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook.
Support on Android devices
Users who use Instagram to upload their files can use the filters that are available in the application to edit the photos and add some fun effects to them. Initially, this application was built only to work on mobile devices and not on a desktop PC. Recently, an advanced version of Instagram has been released which supports devices that work on an Android OS. Undoubtedly, this only enhanced its popularity among users as it allows users of other Android devices also to utilize the application. The next improvement that is expected to happen on the Instagram application is its availability on desktop PCs. User gets some methods by which they can access Instagram on their PC.
BlueStacks Player
BlueStacks refers to an application player which helps users to access Instagram as well as many other Android supported applications on their PC. BlueStacks also has a separate version built exclusively for Mac machines. There have been many comments by users on how this player has been useful to obtain Instagram on their desktop. Those who have not been able to buy a smartphone or whoever prefers to watch images and videos on a larger display can use BlueStacks player to access Instagram.
Instagrille
The Instagrille application is a small part of the main application called Pokki, which consists of many other web-based applications. Using Instagrille, the users will be able to take a look at all the photos that are there on Instagram. That’s not all, they can also view the likes and comments made by other uses on each photo. All this can be done on your desktop PC now. The user interface of Instagram for the PC when using Instagrille, is similar to the real application in many ways. It allows users to view a picture, put ‘like’ on it, comment on pictures and make changes to the account settings. The features which are not available are photo uploading and the application of filters on photos to change its effects.
Webstagram
Webstagram refers to an online website using which you can access Instagram in the form of a web application. It can be viewed from your PC. Its only limitation is that it does not allow photo uploading and application of filters.
Webbygram
Webbygram is another online website which is very similar to Webstagram, the only difference being that it looks alike to the interface of Instagram.
Creating an Instagram account on PC
In order to access any of the above methods, you will first need to create an account with Instagram on the PC. The easiest way to create an account is to do it directly from an iPhone or Android supported phone.