Where to share 360° photos: which apps keep them immersive

Share them where they are displayed as a sphere: Facebook supports 360° photos, dedicated 360° viewers host them for embedding, and OradaOl is a social network built only for 360° panoramas. Instagram and most chat apps show them flat.

First, what to look for

A 360° photo is normally saved as an equirectangular image, a flat 2:1 picture that contains every direction. Whether people can look around in it depends entirely on where you share it. Before choosing, ask three questions:

• Does the platform display the image as a sphere that viewers can move around in?
• Who will see it: friends, a community of other 360° photographers, or visitors to your own website?
• Can people view it on the devices they use, such as phones, browsers or a headset like Apple Vision Pro?

OradaOl: a social network only for 360° panoramas

OradaOl is a free social network for 360° panoramas, on iPhone, Apple Vision Pro and the web. Every post is a panorama, so there is no risk of it being shown as a flat crop.

• Viewers turn their phone or drag to look around; on Apple Vision Pro, the native visionOS app places them inside the panorama at true scale.
• It has a Discover feed, a world map of panoramas, Weekly Trends and a “Panorama of the Day”.
• Faces are blurred automatically on the device before upload, and Home Zone offsets locations near your home.
• It accepts iPhone Pano mode panoramas and equirectangular images from 360° cameras such as Insta360, Ricoh Theta and GoPro Max.
• It is free, with no ads. There are no direct messages, by design.

Get it on the App Store or use the web app at oradaol.app/app. OradaOl is made by an independent developer, so its community is newer and smaller than the large general networks.

Facebook

Facebook supports 360° photos. When you upload one, viewers can look around by dragging or by moving their phone. It is a good choice if your audience is already your Facebook friends or page followers. Your panorama appears among ordinary posts rather than in a 360°-focused community.

Google Maps

Google Maps can show 360° imagery of places, including imagery contributed by users. If your goal is to show a public place, a business or a landmark to people who are searching for it on a map, this can be useful. Google’s contribution tools and requirements have changed over time, so check Google’s current help pages before you start.

360° viewer and hosting sites

Services such as Kuula and Momento360 host 360° photos and give you a viewer you can link to or embed on your own website. They suit portfolios, real-estate listings and venue tours, where you control where the panorama appears. They are tools for publishing rather than social networks built around a feed.

Camera makers’ apps

360° cameras such as Insta360 and Ricoh Theta come with their own apps for viewing, editing and exporting. When you export for sharing elsewhere, choose the equirectangular (spherical) format rather than a “tiny planet” or a cropped flat view, so the destination receives the full 360° image.

Where 360° photos usually get flattened

Instagram shows a 360° panorama as a flat, cropped photo. Most messaging apps and normal phone galleries do the same. If you need to reach people there, OradaOl can export any panorama as a watermarked video that moves through the view, which those platforms can play.

More guides

• What is OradaOl?
• How to share a 360° panorama without it being flattened
• How to view and share 360° photos on Apple Vision Pro
• How to take a panorama with an iPhone and share it as an immersive view

Updated: 2026-10-27