There's a new update out in the wild today that adds 3D Touch capability to the Android version of the Instagram app.

Instagram briefly made the update available on Google Play before pulling it out completely. Per PhoneArena, the Facebook-owned social network claimed the roll out was just a test run and that the functionality will be included in a future version of the app. Luckily, curious Android users can manually download the content via this link.

The feature has already debuted on the iOS version of the app. Users of Apple's latest smartphone can preview an image on Instagram by hard-pressing on the photo's icon. 3D Touch for Android works the same way, although previews are prompted by a long press instead of a hard one.

Also on iOS, 3D Touch lets users display shortcuts in the home screen by hard-tapping on the Instagram icon. The Android version does not support this ability since Google's mobile platform isn't capable of launching shortcuts from the home screen.

Ever since Apple introduced Force Touch on the Apple Watch in April, the feature has amassed a fair amount of praise and backlash from the tech community. Some pundits believed that the novelty was the next frontier in user interaction while some reckoned it didn't really add any real-world value.

Instagram was one of the first to adopt the technology as a way of previewing photos in search results.

AndroidPolice pointed out that after months of testing 3D Touch on iOS, Instagram realized that a smartphone doesn't need to include a pressure-sensitive touchscreen in order to preview images. Thus, the Facebook subsidiary began developing the feature on Android. Outside of that, not much is known as to how far the Instagram app can be fleshed out on Android.

Heading over to iOS, there were reports that circulated a few weeks back suggesting Instagram was looking to expand to a new mobile shopping experience that lets users make transactions on their iPhones 6S without leaving the main Instagram app.

According to DigiDay, Instagram was experimenting on the 3D Touch feature on the iPhone 6S as a means for users to interact with ads and buy items through Apple Pay. It was later found out that the reports were inaccurate, at least for now anyway.

Instagram denied that it was experimenting on 3D Touch and squashed reports claiming it was planning to expand to mobile shopping, SlashGear reported.

"Mobile commerce is definitely a space we are looking at closely. However, this isn't something we are testing at this time," said a spokesperson from Instagram.