YouTube first launched Shorts in India again in September 2020 proper after the Indian authorities banned TikTok within the nation. Nonetheless, it turned extensively accessible to customers around the globe after some time. Initially, Shorts featured vertical movies of as much as 30 seconds. Nonetheless, that’ll change quickly as you’ll be capable to add longer YouTube Shorts.
You’ll be capable to add longer YouTube Shorts of as much as 3 minutes from October 15
In the present day, YouTube introduced that from October 15 creators will be capable to add longer Shorts of as much as three minutes in size. The corporate added that this function is rolling out because of excessive demand from customers. In addition to permitting to add longer Shorts, YouTube additionally introduced a brand new template function.
This function will enable creators to reuse the format of different Shorts. As soon as the function is accessible, you’ll be capable to match the video clips to trending sounds pulled from different Shorts. So, if you happen to prefer to hop on the pattern to make your movies go viral, you may entry YouTube’s template function by means of the “remix button” seen in Shorts movies.
Does this sound acquainted? Nicely, the TikTok app has the same function that enables customers to change their movies accordingly from preset video kinds. To not neglect, Instagram already has the same function.
A brand new choice can be right here to halt Shorts movies from popping up in your feed
Final however not least, YouTube additionally introduced a brand new “present fewer Shorts” choice right now. If you choose this feature, you’ll briefly see fewer Shorts movies in your feed. The introduction of this feature is only a trace that YouTube understands that many viewers don’t want TikTok-like content material and persist with watching the long-form content material on the platform.
Since Shorts was launched as a substitute for TikTok, it’s no shock to see the platform including related options. That’s not all, final 12 months YouTube additionally began monetizing Shorts to encourage customers to make short-form content material. Time will inform if Shorts surpasses the recognition of TikTok.
