If there’s one app that can be credited with the rise of the selfie, it’s Instagram. But now the Facebook-owned photo app is introducing a new kind of selfie — the “selfielapse.” Hyperlapse, Instagram’s newest standalone app for time-lapse videos, got its first major update Thursday that allows users to shoot videos from their iPhones’ front-facing cameras.
The updated app now has a small button next to the shutter that toggles between the front- and rear-facing cameras. Switching to the front camera will alert you that you are switching to “selfielapse” mode. Read more…