YouTube Renovates Video - App To Resist Competition

YouTube lovers will now be able to sample videos across the 100 counties where youtube is available after the revival of the YouTube App on Monday 12th July.

YouTube Renovates Video - App To Resist Competition

Addressing its users on Monday 12th July, YouTube stated that the short video sharing platform dubbed Shorts will now be available in more than 100 countries where YouTube is available.

While short-form videos were already viewable on the platform, users in Kenya and around the world will for the first time access Shorts’ creation tools,” YouTube said in a statement. 

“This will include a multi-segment camera that enables them to string multiple video clips together, the ability to record with music, control speed settings, and more,” YouTube added. 

According to the video-sharing service, Shorts will give users an easy and fun way to create videos. 

“As we continue to build Shorts alongside our creators and artists, we will be adding more features for users to try,” Todd Sherman, Global Product Manager for YouTube Shorts said in a statement. 

The international YouTube shorts brings new features including platforms where users can add text to specific points in the video, automatically add captions to the Short, record up to 60 seconds with the Shorts camera, add clips from the phone’s gallery to add to the recordings made with the Shorts camera and add basic filters to color correct the Shorts, with more effects to come in the future.

It also has the ability to sample videos across YouTube.