YouTube Shorts says goodbye to the 60-second limit—allowing 3-minute vertical videos

Short videos on YouTubeadvertised as a YouTube competitor Instagram Stories and ByteDance’s TikTok, which will now allow users to post short videos of up to three minutes in length, away from the original limit of one minute. This move is said to have been a long time coming, especially since both Instagram and TikTok allow users to post longer videos. Additionally, for some creators, being limited to 60 seconds doesn’t make sense because they struggle to tell their story and communicate effectively within that limited time frame. Therefore, the ability to post longer videos in a vertical aspect ratio is a logical improvement.

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Longer short videos coming soon on YouTube

YouTube has announced that creators will be able to post longer Short videos, up to 3 minutes long, starting October 15. YouTube claims that this is the top feature requested and changed by creators This applies to videos at square aspect ratio or higher. It will not affect any videos uploaded before October 15, according to YouTube.

Todd Sherman, director of product management for YouTube Shorts, said the company is also working on improving recommendations for longer short videos in the coming months.

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More updates coming soon

YouTube is also developing more features for short video creators. Users will soon be able to recreate a short video they like using templates, making it easy to stay on top of trends, pair clips with soundtracks, and even remix a short video. Furthermore, users will soon be able to remix clips from their favorite videos and more. To incorporate AI into the mix, Google is integrating a DeepMind video model called Veo into Shorts. This will allow creators to create video backgrounds and clips independently.

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