Photo and video-sharing website Instagram just announced that it rolled out Layout from Instagram, a new app that can help you “combine multiple photos into a single image”.

Or to put it in other words, you can create custom layouts (cough, cough, photo collages) with a bit of help from the new Layout from Instagram app, available right now for iOS, coming soon for Android.
UPDATE, May 20th, 2015: the Android version is here.

“Today we’re announcing Layout from Instagram, a new app that lets you easily combine multiple photos into a single image. It’s fun, it’s simple and it gives you a new way to flex your creativity,” said the Instagram team.

Layout from Instagram – Main Features

• Custom Layouts – use up to 9 photos to create layouts; as you select what photos to use, the app shows previews of custom layouts; drag and drop photos to arrange them in the order you want; pinch to resize photos.
• Faces Tab– from the Faces tab you can find photos with people in them.
• Camera Roll or Photo Booth – select photos from your phone’s Camera Roll or take new photos in Photo Booth mode.
• Recents Tab – it displays the last 30 photos you selected.
• Save or share – when you’re done creating a custom layout, you can save it to your camera roll or share it with others.
• No signup or account required.

Layout from Instagram is available right now on Apple’s App Store.
The app works with iOS 7.0 or newer. If you need help using it, visit the Instagram Help Center.

Android users will have to wait to “flex their creativity”. Instagram explained that the Android version will be available in the coming months.

In related news…

Photo and video-sharing site Flickr recently rolled out Flickr Tab, an extension for Google’s Chrome browser. It takes an image from Flickr and puts it in Chrome’s New Tab page.