Instagram continues to remove platform-independent applications one by one. The company, which first discontinued the Direct application, ended the use of Threads in late 2021 and IGTV applications in early March. Now it’s time for 2 other apps: Boomerang and Hyperlapse.
The platform has also decided to unplug Boomerang, which allows short videos to be repeated to create a long video loop, and Hyperlapse, which allows users to produce time-lapse, time-lapse videos.
Instagram bids farewell to Boomerang and Hyperlapse
Although the messaging app Direct, which was initially shut down, was replaced by Threads, which was released in 2019, but this only lasted until the end of 2021. Afterwards, the company decided to shelve the IGTV application in order not to interrupt the Reels videos that exploded during the pandemic process.
Following these steps, Instagram did the same for Hyperlapse, which was launched in 2014, and Boomerang, which was launched in 2015, and removed the apps from the store. According to the report given to TechCrunch by Apptopia, these two apps were actually shelved on the same day as IGTV, which was removed from the store on March 1.
Data from Apptopia shows that Boomerang had 23 million active users and 301 million total downloads before it was removed. In addition, the application received a total of 26 thousand downloads on March 1, the day it was removed. While Boomerang was available in the Android and iOS stores, Hyperlapse was only available in the iOS markets.
It took a while to realize that the apps were shelved, as Instagram didn’t make a statement on the matter. A wider audience was able to take notice when several people tweeted about the removal of the apps, including Matt Navarra and two Twitter users.
Although the company does not make a statement about the shelving of the applications, Apptopia’ The data shared by the company and the searches made in the stores confirm this. Although Boomerang and Hyperlapse have been removed from the app stores, Instagram Layout with photo collage is still available.
What do you guys think about the Boomerang and Hyperlapse apps being removed from the stores? Did you use any of these apps, Threads or IGTV apps? Do not forget to share your ideas and opinions with us in the comments.
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