{"id":55043,"date":"2017-12-20T06:04:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T06:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=55043"},"modified":"2017-12-20T06:04:46","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T06:04:46","slug":"instagram-launches-alpha-testing-program-ios-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/instagram-launches-alpha-testing-program-ios-android.html","title":{"rendered":"Instagram launches an alpha testing program on iOS and Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Instagram launches an alpha testing program on iOS and Android<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Instagram launches an alpha testing program on iOS and Android:- Are you an early adopter? Okay, but are you a really early adopter who likes to test new, experimental things even if it means you\u2019ll experience crashes and bugs? Then you may be interested to know that Instagram has launched Alpha testing programs on iOS and Android aimed at those who want to test pre-release versions of its popular photo-sharing app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Instagram has been running an Android Beta program for a couple of years now. Here, things like account switching and multi-photo album posts \u2013 now standard Instagram features \u2013 made their debut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The company\u2019s newly launched Alpha program will offer a different version of the app to testers than is available to Beta testers, however, so users may get to test features that never even make it to the next step up, much less the wider public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The site Android Police first caught wind of the Android Alpha program\u2019s launch, after spotting a post from an Instagram employee (which has since been removed) on Reddit. The post was soliciting participants for the program by offering a link to join. Commenters on Reddit then turned the thread into a series of feature requests, begging for things like an option for a reverse-chronological feed, a dark theme, and \u201cregramming\u201d support \u2013 meaning, reposting someone else\u2019s photo with attribution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Of course, who knows what Instagram may actually end up testing as this Alpha program gets going. (Email me if you find something good!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">While news of the Alpha program was just uncovered, it\u2019s not exactly brand-new. The program actually launched two weeks ago, we understand. But Instagram didn\u2019t make a formal announcement about its availability, so its existence is new information to many.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">An Instagram spokesperson confirmed the Alpha program\u2019s launch to TechCrunch, in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cWe recently introduced Alpha programs for our iOS and Android versions of Instagram in addition to the Beta program we\u2019ve had on Android for awhile,\u201d they said. These programs are \u201ca great way to collect feedback from the community,\u201d they added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The testing programs aren\u2019t really meant to be a secret, but they\u2019re also not broadly advertised. Those who like to join alpha and beta groups generally tend to know where to look for them \u2013 for example, by signing up for test builds of apps on the Google Play Store.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In fact, Google even made this easier for developers and consumers alike with last year\u2019s launch of the \u201cEarly Access\u201d feature, which centralizes apps open for testing in a dedicated tab in the mobile version of the Play Store.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Larger companies like Instagram don\u2019t always use this option, though.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In Instagram\u2019s case, for example, the process of joining the Alpha program involves becoming a member of this Google Group, then joining the Instagram testing program on the Play Store, according to Android Police\u2019s report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Unfortunately, the iOS program is not taking any additional requests to join at this time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Instagram isn\u2019t the only Facebook app with a testing program. Facebook launched its own pre-release program back in 2013. Other major tech companies, including Twitter and Google, run programs of their own, as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/12\/19\/instagram-launches-an-alpha-testing-program-on-ios-and-android\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/instagram-launches-alpha-testing-program-ios-android.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram launches an alpha testing program on iOS and Android Instagram launches an alpha testing program on iOS and Android:- Are you an early adopter? 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