Instagram launched an iPad app. Finally.

Instagram has, mercifully, made an iPad app some 15 years after both the tablet and social media site launched.

You can download the app now, and there are some significant differences between the iPhone and iPad experience. Most notably, the iPad app takes users directly to Reels . It makes some sense, considering you might prefer to watch video content on a bigger screen.

Other features will feel more familiar, like Stories appearing atop your screen. There's also a following tab that'll let you peruse through posts from the folks who matter most. In our initial scrolling, the app works best in a portrait orientation, as that's how Instagram content is meant to be viewed.

Instagram wrote in a press release that it also optimized the iPad experience by keeping the bigger scree