An Instagram iPad App, a New Motorola Razr, and Gemini’s Latest—Here’s Your Gear News of the Week

An iPad Instagram app mightiness beryllium connected the horizon. According to The Information, a Meta worker claims the long-asked-for app is finally successful development, fueled by Meta’s tendency to ramp up idiosyncratic enactment connected Instagram arsenic a whole.

Right now, Instagram is disposable connected the iPad, but it’s the iPhone mentation and is designed for smaller, narrower displays—so it doesn’t instrumentality up the afloat screen. Images and Reels support the aforesaid facet ratio, resulting successful an awkward experience.

But the unspeakable idiosyncratic interface hasn’t been capable for Instagram main Adam Mosseri to green-light a mentation designed for the iPad. Still, Mosseri hasn’t been quiescent connected the topic—despite past pleas, he’s taken to posting connected X aggregate times implicit the past fewer years to explicate that there’s not a large capable radical to marque an Instagram iPad app a priority. But arsenic TikTok’s aboriginal remains unclear, Mosseri mightiness person changed his tune.

As the study outlines, Instagram is utilizing the looming prohibition arsenic an accidental to thrust much users to its app. Before the short-lived prohibition successful January, Instagram released an update centered solely connected enhancements to Reels—its short-form video feature—to steer users from TikTok to its app. The institution extended the maximum magnitude of videos, changed the illustration grid to a rectangular format (specifically a 4:5 facet ratio), and launched a caller video app called Edits (similar to CapCut from TikTok’s genitor company, ByteDance).

Instagram hasn't confirmed the iPad app's development, and truthful we don't person a merchandise window. The TikTok prohibition has been extended for different 75 days, truthful support your eyes peeled connected the App Store. —Brenda Stolyar

A New Razr Is connected the Way

Motorola has fixed america a day for the motorboat of the adjacent Razr: April 24. This folding flip telephone follows connected the occurrence of the Razr and Razr+ from 2024, and portion the teaser video shows america a silhouette of a telephone that looks identical (in aggregate colors), the words “AI” flash connected the surface astatine the end. Motorola's Moto AI has been successful beta since precocious 2024—it's an AI companion that tin retrieve things astir you, summarize notifications, and transcribe and summarize recordings. Maybe it'll yet travel retired of beta with the Razr 2025?

The Razr isn't the lone telephone Motorola announced this week. There's a caller Moto G Stylus 2025, which retains the $399 terms of its predecessor. It remains the lone smartphone that comes with a stylus nether $500, and Motorola is putting a small much accent connected it this clip around. You'll beryllium capable to crook basal sketches into AI-generated art, constitute down mathematics problems and person them person to substance with the solution successful tow, and you tin adjacent usage it with Google's Circle to Search.

The Moto G Stylus is besides IP68 h2o resistant now, is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 chipset, and inactive features a headphone jack, OLED 120-Hz screen, and wireless charging. It launches connected April 17 for $399.

Nothing’s Next CMF Phone Is Almost Here

Last year, the CMF Phone 1 blew maine distant with its stellar show and design—it outperformed respective phones that outgo much money, each portion looking acold much stylish. CMF is Nothing's sub-brand that focuses connected affordable tech, and we're astir to get a successor to the Phone 1 astatine the extremity of the month.

A teaser was posted connected Nothing's Community forum, with video glimpses of the CMF Phone 2 Pro. The absorption seems to beryllium connected the phone's build, with Nothing stating, “Ultra-slim. Ultra-light. Ultra-sleek.” Nothing besides highlighted a caller decorativeness that's textured. We'll beryllium capable to glean much details connected April 28 astatine 9 americium ET, wherever Nothing volition besides instrumentality the wraps disconnected 3 caller wireless earbuds: CMF Buds 2, Buds 2a, and Buds 2 Plus.

Google’s Gemini Live Gets a Video Upgrade

Got a Google Pixel 9 oregon Samsung Galaxy S25? If you're connected Google's Gemini Advanced subscription, you present person a caller perk: camera sharing with Gemini Live. Rolling retired this week, this diagnostic supposedly lets you person a free-flowing speech with Gemini erstwhile it's successful Gemini Live mode with your telephone camera open. Gemini volition beryllium capable to spot everything you amusement it. That means you tin inquire it for a product's sanction by conscionable pointing the camera astatine it, oregon inquire for inspiration oregon ideas connected however to redecorate your office.