Instagram Spruces Up Its AR Ahead of F8 Refresh

Facebook’s annual F8 developers conference last year was one of the first notable tech events to get canceled due to the pandemic. This year it’s returning, but as a digital-only event with an altered name and, as Facebook claims, a renewed focus on its developer community.

F8 Refresh, as it will be called, gets underway tomorrow, June 2, with a keynote from Facebook’s Konstantinos Papamiltiadis, VP of platform partnerships. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is passing on the keynote torch despite a recent uptick in appearances from the man himself, suggesting that this year’s conference may be a subdued departure from previous F8 events.