YouTube is adding new features to provide more creative options to Shorts creators. The YouTube is expanding YouTube Shorts to the Web (desktop and mobile browsers) and tablets.
With this new update, a new Shorts tab will appear across devices over the next few weeks allowing users to scroll through Shorts vertically.
YouTube is allowing creators of YouTube Shorts to remix video clips from eligible YouTube videos in new Shorts.
As YouTube only allow creators to sample audio from other videos on the platform.
This new update comes just after Meta adds Sharing to Reels on Facebook to allow users to share videos directly from third-party apps to their Facebook accounts.
Google announce this new YouTube of these features via a blog post.
The Shorts player will be available to users on more devices, including desktops and tablets, as well as mobile browsers.
Like in the YouTube app, you will see a Shorts shelf on the Home page and a Shorts tab.
They will be able to swipe vertically from one video to the next to discover more content, similar to TikTok’s feed.
All views coming from these new surfaces count toward the creator’s eligibility for the Shorts Fund, as per google.
YouTube will now let users remix 1-5 second video segments from eligible long-form videos and Shorts in the creation of new original Shorts content.
This is same as TikTok’s Stitch functionality.
To use the new remix feature, you can tap the Create button, then select Cut from the remix options.
You will be able to sample a video segment from any video.
You can click the three-dot menu and select Cut to choose the desired segment.
When a Short is created from the user’s own channel’s content, it will be link to the original video in the Shorts player.
YouTube notes that linking back to the original video provides an opportunity for new audiences to discover and engage with older content in a new way.
The YouTube video remixing feature will start rolling out to iOS users in the coming weeks.
It is expect to arrive on Android later this year.
Google launch YouTube Shorts in September 2020 to allow creators to make video clips up to 60 seconds long and share them on the platform.
Google has been adding many new features to rival TikTok and Meta’s rival social media platforms.
YouTube is adding new features to provide more creative options to Shorts creators.
