Instagram today updated its Android app to introduce a long-awaited design refresh, with “simplified” visuals that match those made available to iOS users last September. The update also brings performance improvements that promise to make the app noticeably faster than before.

Android hasn’t always been one of the prettiest mobile platforms, but thanks to the design changes Google has made in recent years, it is now. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for some third-party Android apps.

Take Instagram, for example. It still looks like an exact port of Instagram’s iOS app from 2012, and it doesn’t make any efforts to follow Google’s “Holo” design guidelines for the more recent versions of Android. If it did, it could look pretty fantastic — as these fan-made mockups demonstrate.

AgileBits has teased a much-need update for its Android app that will bring a fresh new look and presumablyh new features. The last time 1Password for Android was updated was January 2012, and it’s aged a heck of a lot since then, falling way behind its Mac and iOS counterparts.

Snapchat, the service that’s become so popular with those who like to send pictures of their genitalia to friends and random strangers, just got a nice new update on Android to fix its ugly. In addition to a new look, there are a few new features, and some improvements that will make the app a little snappier.

The official WordPress app for Android has been given a welcome redesign in the “big UI update” out today. Users will find that the app now fits in nicely with Android’s Holo guidelines, and has new navigation features that make it easier to get around. There are also a number of nice new features.