BlinxBox
One of the good points of the operating system Android is the ability to use your widgets However, not all applications have one of these, as it happens to Instagram That's why they have created Blinxbox A widget or showcase that allows you to see the news of our account of Instagram on the desktop of the terminal, without having to access to the social network itself.It also includes several of its functions to reduce the time of use.
For those of you who don't know them, widgets are a kind of shortcuts to the applications that are placed on any desktop to know, at a glance, what is happening in the social networks, news, time, calendar etc according to the theme of said widget They are a good utility to avoid wasting time looking for one or another application in the menu, and offering the convenience of simply unlocking the terminal to see what is happening, since they usuallyupdate to display the most current.
In this case, Blinxbox fills a need for Instagram for AndroidAnd it supplies it quite well. Once the app is installed, you only need to configure it once to have access to the widget always that we want Thus, when starting for the first time Blinxbox allows us to choose what we want to see in that showcase: the posts from our contacts, the category of popular photos or both at the same time. After this, we enter our Instagram data and we authorize the widget to collect this information By pressing Nexttakes us to a new screen. This time with a video tutorial to show how to place the widget After pressing thebutton Finish, application Blinxbox is activated.
Now all that remains is to place the widget on any of the desksof our device.Of course, it is necessary to have a space of 4 x 2 A point negative is the impossibility to resize or choose other proportions of this showcase, having to adapt to it. To place it, simply perform a long press on any desktop and select the widgets button We look for Blinxbox in the list and we accept It takes a few seconds to update, but in a short time it shows the last photo published by the contacts we follow.
A point in favor of this widget are the different functions that allows. If we look closely, in the lower frame we find three useful buttons. With them it's easy to Like on the displayed photo, Share on that post to through the social network Facebook and comment on itBut there is still more. On the sides of the image there are arrows with which to move, chronologically, through the publications . So we can see our wall or timeline without entering Instagram And it's not the only thing. If we click on the image, the widget is displayed, showing it in largest size next to your description, number of likes and comments
Finally, remember that this is a widget, and not an application to use. Therefore, if we click on the Blinxbox icon we access its settings and not the showcase , where we can configure the notifications to find out about the latest publications. In short, Blinxbox is a very complete application, almost making us forget about Instagram to know the news of the contacts we follow.In addition, you can download completely free It is available on Google play for both smartphones as for tablets
