Even YouTube is launching its own Snapchat ‘Stories’ clone

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Even YouTube is jumping on the “stories” bandwagon.

The Google-owned video site announced Wednesday that it’s putting its own spin on the slideshow-like format popularized by Snapchat and co-opted by nearly every other social tech company since.

The feature, called Reels, will allow creators to splice together up to 30 seconds of video clips with stickers, filters, music, text, and other design options. (Mashable also has its own editorial product called Reels, which uses vertical video elements in a similar fashion). Read more…

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YouTube is launching its own take Stories with a new video format called ‘Reels’

 Even YouTube is adding Stories. The popular format introduced by Snapchat, then adopted by Instagram, Skype, Facebook, Messenger and even some dating apps, is now making its way to YouTube as a new feature the company is calling “Reels.” To be clear, Reels is YouTube’s spin on Stories, not an exact copy. And Reels won’t live at the top of the app, as Stories do on… Read More

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