A viral Instagram prank crashed iPhones of several users after opening an Instagram story highlight from a user named ‘pgtalal’ over the past few weeks. While the Instagram Story doesn’t crash an Android phone and shows a purple screen with confetti, iPhones just crash as soon as you open it. To know what’s really happening here, reputable tech YouTuber Arun Maini, better known as Mrwhosetheboss, decided to research and even managed to recreate it.
Mrwhosetheboss installed the Instagram app on a bunch of smartphones to know how each phone reacted when the story is opened. After the testing session, he noticed that all iPhones, including the high-end iPhone 12 Pro Max, crashed as soon as he opened the story.
@/pgtalal’s Instagram story highlight freezes up Instagram and then your phone! Here’s why 👇🏻
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