Apple Watch–owning Instagram users may have noticed an unexpected change this week. The latest version of the Instagram app on iOS doesn’t just make the usual round of improvements and bug fixes—it also quietly removes Instagram from the Apple Watch. As 9to5Mac explains, the app was likely pulled due to a new Apple stipulation that Watch apps use the WatchOS 2 SDK or later so they can run natively on the Apple Watch. Instagram’s Watch app was built with WatchKit 1.0. Instagram would have had do some serious updating to make it compatible with Apple’s new rule; the company must have decided the endeavor wasn’t worth the time and resources. Now, without an Apple Watch app, Instagram users will still be able to get notifications on the wearable, but they’ll need to open their smartphone app to take action.
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