VKontakte will launch its own Instagram

According to the newspaper "Izvestia", the social network "VKontakte" is preparing an application for smartphones that will allow users to take photos, process them using filters and upload to the social network. This newspaper reported several sources familiar with the development. The press service of the social network declined to comment.

Surprisingly, a new photo application is being created only for the Android platform. To develop an application for iOS, they are still looking for a suitable developer. The app will copy popular Instagram. The user will be able to take photos, apply filters on them and make minimal processing based on the photo editor already created by the social network. “They are doing something like Facebook Camera,” says Izvestia source. - Oleg Illarionov (senior developer of VKontakte) is a big enthusiast of the new project. He knocked out resources for this project and believes that users will like the service. ”