Big update VKontakte. What’s new and how to get one of the first

From spring 2022 social network VKontakte” experiencing a new round of popularity. Due to the blocking of other popular social networks, many users rushed to the good old VK. However, some functions familiar from the same banned Instagram in Russia turned out to be implemented differently here. But it’s good that the developers “In contact with” are user-oriented and listen to the wishes of their audience. The other day, the biggest update in the history of the social network was announced. In scale, it should surpass even the long-standing loss of the “wall”.

ПОДПИШИСЬ НА НАШ ЯНДЕКС.ДЗЕН, ЧТОБЫ ЧИТАТЬ ЭКСКЛЮЗИВНЫЕ СТАТЬИ, КОТОРЫХ НЕТ НА САЙТЕ

All users will receive this update in doses. Firstly, not all functions will be released at the same time. Secondly, not everyone will appear at once. Let’s see what’s new “In contact with” soon and how install a new version of the application to your device.

Update VKontakte

This is how the new aspect ratio of the posts will look like.

The first and probably the most noticeable thing that will undergo refinement is the tape. All the developers’ attention is focused on making the new tape look as aesthetically pleasing as possible. According to the press service “In contact with” they try to make it look like it is “in the layout of a glossy magazine”. This will be done as follows:

• There are three different aspect ratios for posts that will be automatically selected by the application depending on the device used. The following options are available: 1×1, 3:4, 4×3.
• Short posts will be shown in full in the feed.
• Long posts will be hidden behind a spoiler, when clicked, you can view the full text of the publication.
• If some music is attached to the post, then in addition to the “Play” button, the album cover will be displayed, when you click on it, you can see all the songs included in it.
• The link to the video will be displayed as a small thumbnail, reminiscent of a music player. When pressed, it will expand to full screen.

It doesn’t seem like much of a change, but if you think about it, these moments can really make the tape look pleasing to the eye. It is especially pleasing that the size of the post will be selected for each device. Considering what a huge zoo various smartphones and tablets in the hands of users, this innovation has been asking for a long time.

ПОДПИШИСЬ НА НАШ ЧАТИК В ТЕЛЕГРАМЕ. ТАМ ТЫ СМОЖЕШЬ ПООБЩАТЬСЯ С ДРУГИМИ ЧИТАТЕЛЯМИ И ДАЖЕ НАШИМИ АВТОРАМИ

However, one of the most important updates on VKontakte are “Like” marks. There was an opportunity to put quick like to any publication with a double tap. At the same time, subscribers will not see who likes, but only their number. But the assessment will be taken into account in further recommendations. And the list of likes will be available only to the author of the post.

These seemingly small changes will become the foundation for further implementation of new features. So will be completely redesigned:

• The main screen of the mobile application.
• Section “Services”.
• User profile.
• Section “Communities.

What exactly will change on these pages will be announced at the time of updating each of them. But we expect that the appearance will also be better. Separately, it should be noted that it is planned to introduce experimental functions related to NFTs and Web 3.0. If nothing can be said for sure about NFT, then Web 3.0 will most likely be tied to artificial intelligence and some new cool recommendations.

How to update VK on the phone

RuStore is a very convenient way to update various applications.

To get new features one of the first, you need to update the installed on your smartphone application “VKontakte”. Most users will say: what is difficult? Go to Google Play and update. But everything is not as simple as it seems. It seems that the developers VC either there is some problem with posting new versions in the google store, or they just don’t want to do it. At the time of publication in Google Play contains version 7.35 dated July 21, 2022. At the same time, version 7.37 of August 8 is relevant today.

ПОДПИШИСЬ НА ТЕЛЕГРАМ-КАНАЛ СУНДУК АЛИБАБЫ, ЧТОБЫ ПОКУПАТЬ ТОЛЬКО ЛУЧШИЕ ТОВАРЫ С АЛИЭКСПРЕСС

It turns out that the only option to get the latest and most current version of the application is to install from alternative sources. AT APKMirror also contains an outdated version. Thus, it remains to use Russian app store RuStore. To update VKontakte with it, you must do the following:

• Go to the official website RuStore.


You can install the app store on any device on the Android operating system version 6.0 or higher.

• Download setup file app store.


Just click on the downloaded file to start the installation.

• Click on the downloaded file to install the app store.
• If necessary, allow installation from unknown sources.


You can update the program through the “Updates” section.

• Go to application page “VKontakte” and click the “Update” button.
• Wait for the update to download and confirm the installation.

After these steps, you will receive the most up-to-date version of the social network application on your smartphone. In the same way it is possible update and Sberbank Onlineand others Apps removed from Google Play.