If you are also a content creator and want to create long shorts, then there is the biggest news for you. YouTube has made a big announcement for Shorts. YouTube has said in its blog that now users will get the facility to create and upload Shorts for up to 3 minutes i.e. 180 seconds and it is starting from October 15, 2024. YouTube has given this information in its blog. In the blog, YouTube has said that this decision has been taken after the demand of the creators. Now the duration of the Shorts will be 60-180 seconds.
Announcing in a blog post, YouTube wrote, 'This change will apply to videos whose aspect ratio is square or longer and it will not affect any video uploaded before October 15. In the coming months, we will work on improving recommendations for longer shorts. '
Apart from this, YouTube has also announced new tools for creators. First of all, is a tool called 'Remix'. The tool allows users to create their videos using popular Shorts as a template. YouTube also said that Shorts will get an update in the coming months, making it even easier for users to remix clips from different videos on the platform. "
The company also announced that it is going to bring Google's Veo to YouTube Shorts soon. For information, Veo is Google's image generation model, which can generate videos in resolutions up to 1080p and create videos in various cinematic and visual styles.
This decision of YouTube can increase the tension of Meta because Meta has fixed the duration of Instagram reels to 90 seconds, while YouTube has directly doubled it. In such a situation, such changes can be seen in Instagram reels in the coming time.
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