YouTube Starts Rolling Out TikTok-Style 'Shorts' Feature Globally

Finally, the TikTok-plague is striking the YouTube app. As per a new report by Android Police, YouTube has started pushing the TikTok-style Shorts feature for YouTube users across the earth.

While YouTube Shorts was already nether testing in multiple countries such as India. However, with its global launch, YouTube has at present tweaked it to make it more highly-seasoned and similar to TikTok videos.

Instead of the previous 15-seconds video, you lot can now create 60 seconds recording on YouTube Shorts. Moreover, YouTube has as well added some filters to change the color and vibe.

Further, YouTube Shorts videos will now show auto-generated captions. Users can as well prepare it to manual if they desire. These changes only hint towards the fact that YouTube Shorts are a direct competitor to TikTok.

Simply like TikTok, you can create a 60 seconds horizontal video on YouTube Shorts. It will continue running in the loop past default. For users similar me, who detest TikTok, YouTube has inverse the interface of the app'due south homescreen to give a dedicated space to Shorts.

The skillful-old Explore tab is now demoted and moved to the height of the homepage. And in place of Explore, YouTube has positioned the Shorts tab.

The new YouTube UI was spotted by users in Bharat and the U.s.a.

Since the characteristic is now rolling out globally, the new YouTube UI was spotted by several users in Republic of india and the U.s.a.. Personally, I exercise not like this repositioning and modify in the UI of the YouTube app. Merely that's what information technology is now.

Creators will be able to add filters to their Shorts videos and share them with their subscribers. Considering the popularity of this short video format feature during its trial run, we believe that from now on, you will probably see a lot of Shorts videos bombarding your app.

It would have been dainty on Google'south part to provide an option for disabling this "Shorts" push button for users like me. But on-boarding the short-video trend, Google is clearly hoping to engage a huge audience to its Shorts platform.

As noted by Android Police, the monetization part of Shorts will exist interesting to run into. YouTube has already failed with the Stories format, which provided no value to the creators or viewers.

If you haven't received the new alter in your YouTube app'south UI, then y'all should probably look for an update on the Play Shop to exist certain. Or else wait for Google to push button the server-side update.