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Grain @grain.social · 16/09/2026

also forgot to mention, story views are now synced everywhere so if you view a story it will be marked as viewed in the ios/android apps or vice versa

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Grain @grain.social · 16/09/2026

we've been refreshing the look and feel grain over the past few weeks. widened the profile view to make more space for profile grid and moved the camera/location feeds to new pages in explore. also be sure to check out the new explore screens on iOS and the new android app. keep it grainy ✌️

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Grain @grain.social · 15/09/2026

Grain is now available on android and in the google play store play.google.com/store/apps/d...! Thank you everyone who downloaded the app in the closed testing phase to make this possible! If you run into any issues please send us a DM 📸

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Brad Wenner @bradwenner.photo · 11/09/2026

hey #photography people you should use @grain.social, it's like instagram but it works with your bluesky account! grain.social/profile/brad...

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sean @deamplified.com · 25/08/2026

let's go

Android home screen icons for Heron and Grain atprotocol apps

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Grain @grain.social · 25/08/2026

Just added access for more emails that were submitted recently for android testing. You should be access this link play.google.com/apps/testing.... If not, send us a DM and we'll try to get you in as soon as we can! Thanks for all the help!

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Grain @grain.social · 23/08/2026

Thanks to everyone that's signed up for android testing so far! If you added your email you should be able to access play.google.com/apps/testing... to download. If not send us a DM. It's not automatic so we have to check periodically and update the list to give you access. Thanks for the patience!

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Grain @grain.social · 22/08/2026

Android app for grain is in the works and looking for testers! If you're interested, add your email to the list to gain access, and we'll send out invites as soon as we can. docs.google.com/forms/d/11OY...

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Grain Android Testers

Submit your email to gain access to the grain closed testing phase on android

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Grain @grain.social · 17/08/2026

If you have multiple accounts on grain (or in the atmosphere), you can now switch between them via the settings page. It will also be available in the iOS app in the next release.

settings page showing multiple accounts logged in and an option to add another account

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Grain @grain.social · 16/08/2026

Grain is now on jetstream v2 ✈️

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Grain @grain.social · 14/08/2026

A few updates are now available in the App Store: - You can now see if people you follow favorited a gallery - Faster profile loading w/ skeleton UI - The follow button now says “Follow back” when someone already follows you - Fixed a bug with universal links That’s all. Keep it grainy. ✌️

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Grain @grain.social · 11/08/2026

A few updates: - Added a light mode on web that follows your system settings and you can change it in Settings -> Appearance - Added facepiles to gallery cards that shows if people you follow fav'd a gallery with a link to view all favorites (cc @timtrautmann.com we finally added this 😆)

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Grain @grain.social · 23/07/2026

New update is available in the App Store with some bug fixes. Thanks everyone who joined the testflight 🪩 🙏

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Grain @grain.social · 22/07/2026

There were some reports of the profile screen crashing on the latest iOS build. Anyone experiencing that want to jump on testflight and see if this fixes it? 🙏 testflight.apple.com/join/SkzMj3e2

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Grain @grain.social · 21/07/2026

Hey, for people that came through on testflight and getting beta expired messages you can download grain in app store here apps.apple.com/us/app/grain...

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Grain @grain.social · 20/05/2026

@railway.com is down and our services are unavailable, hopefully be back up soon!

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rpg.actor @rpg.actor · 07/05/2026

These are giving us good excuse to explore the Atmosphere! Everyone who takes a photo for @grain.social will unlock this Fancy Camera for their rpg.actor character to carry around. Let's go take some photos today! 📷

Fancy Camera unlocked in rpg.actor by taking a photo for your grain.social account!

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Grain @grain.social · 04/05/2026

Slide into Germ DMs from Grain 📸 ➡️ 👋

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Grain @grain.social · 23/04/2026

carousels are better on grain

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Cassidy @cassidy.social · 19/04/2026

@grain.social reminds me a lot of the early days of Instagram. Just me and my friends posting cool photos

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 18/04/2026

🎗️ remind me to post my backlog of a decade worth of film photography to @grain.social 🙃 📸

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Grain @grain.social · 18/04/2026

So much grain this week, here's some of the hits!

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Grain Picks 4/18

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Grain @grain.social · 17/04/2026

Pushed out an update to testflight ✈️! Mostly a bunch of small fixes and polish. We also added favs to comments 💜 Hoping this will be one of the last releases before submitting to the app store. Let us know if you have any issues ✌️

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Grain @grain.social · 17/04/2026

29th place! we've been punch'n

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Grain @grain.social · 17/04/2026

In light of recent events we are now running on our own cdn! If you see any issues let us know. We're using @blooym.dev's porxie with imgproxy and @bunny.net. This also means we can finally add our own presets 🥳 Happy graining!

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Grain @grain.social · 15/04/2026

Little update to profile opengraph previews, we now show them as collage like we do for galleries. Shows your 10 most recent galleries. Also be sure to checkout @timtrautmann.com's work! grain.social/profile/did:...

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@timtrautmann.com on Grain

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plyr.fm @plyr.fm · 14/04/2026

s/o to @chadtmiller.com for the For You inspiration in @grain.social and ofc the OG @spacecowboy17.bsky.social it gets better the more you like / make playlists! get curating!

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Grain @grain.social · 13/04/2026

New testflight build is ready for testing! Lots of new stuff! You can now comment on and favorite stories. We also redesigned the notifications interface with rollup and you can tune your notification settings. Redesigned gallery create flow, profile gallery zoom to feed view and more! #atproto

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Grain @grain.social · 11/04/2026

So many new galleries this week thought we'd share some of our favs!

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Grain Picks 4/11

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Surf @surf.social · 11/04/2026

Excited to see what you create! You could also explore @grain.social as an Instagram replacement!

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Grain @grain.social · 09/04/2026

New build out in testflight. You can now try the new For You feed in the app! The For You feed takes into account your interactions in grain to show you suggested galleries based on your favs and favs of people you follow inspired by @spacecowboy17.bsky.social's For You feed. Also translations!

screenshot of the grain mobile ios app showing a translate sheet open on top of a gallery of a user's shoes with the description "Just part of the Converse collection. It's amazing how much you can find in the outlet for 20 euro"

Dropdown in the grain ios app showing the items For you, Following, Recent, etc with the last item being My Feeds, that takes you to a new feeds screen.

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Grain @grain.social · 09/04/2026

We've got a new "For You" to try in the web app! Click on the "More feeds" button and pin the "For You" feed to try it out ✨ grain.social/feeds/for-you

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Ron Bronson @ronbronson.com · 08/04/2026

I like Retro and I've gotten lots of people onto it, but it's not a very good alternative to Instagram, but a rad way for me to get friends who've sworn off social back to sharing cozily. @grain.social on the other hand might be a solid ig replacement for me.

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Grain @grain.social · 08/04/2026

Also forgot to mention there’s a new map on the location feeds you can tap to explore.

Screenshot of the grain locations feed for meguro, Japan with an interactive map above a gallery of some Japanese food

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Grain @grain.social · 08/04/2026

New iOS testflight build is out! Be sure to check out the parallax effect on stories thx to @parallaxmotion.bsky.social 💅 Also added better handling of which stories you've viewed so you can see what's new. Lots of other stuff below! Let us know if you have an issues.

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taurean @taurean.bryant.land · 08/04/2026

Opening @grain.social and just seeing photos people shared just to share. All without getting jumpscared by random sounds and TikTok voice >>>>>>>>> everything-is-reels-now

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Grain @grain.social · 08/04/2026

Favorites tab is here so you can keep track of them all in one place ❤️

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Jim Ray @jimray.net · 07/04/2026

What if Flickr never got acquired and went on to figure out mobile is how I might describe @grain.social You log in with your Bluesky (or other atproto) account. It's beautiful on the web and the latest iOS beta is outstanding. testflight.apple.com/join/ju9eXf6m

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oblachek @oblachek.eu · 07/04/2026

@grain.social appears to be exactly what I was looking for: an ATProto Instagram alternative with independent follow stats, where photos don't show on your Bluesky profile and vice versa. It's missing some IG features, of course, but it really gives old Instagram vibes.

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Tom @moll.dev · 07/04/2026

For real, grain.social is where it's at:

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brian @bripie.me · 07/04/2026

Testing sharing from Grain and it looks great. I’m also inspired to go out and take more pictures. grain.social/profile/did:...

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Classic car meet at Bobs Big Boy in Burbank by @bripie.me — Grain

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brian @bripie.me · 07/04/2026

I think @grain.social has the juice. It’s so refreshing to have a timeline that allows you to see new posts, and when you’re done, you can just go about your day. No engagement algorithm, just awesome photos in a clean app. 👏👏

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