YouTube takes on TikTok with longer Shorts, templates, trends, and more | TechCrunch
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YouTube is expanding its Shorts platform to allow videos up to three minutes long, enhancing its competitiveness against TikTok by streamlining user interaction and video visibility.
The revised Shorts player emphasizes content presentation by modifying interaction button layouts and compressing metadata, enabling the audience to focus more clearly on video content.
Introducing templates in YouTube Shorts will facilitate trend participation by allowing users to remix existing videos instantly without needing a separate editing app like CapCut.
These changes reflect YouTube's strategy to enhance user engagement with Shorts, fostering creativity among creators while tackling TikTok’s dominance in the short-video space.
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