YouTube will launch shorts, which rival TikTok in the US, in March.

Beta testing will be expanded to the US after it first launched in India in September.YouTube on Wednesday said it would begin testing shorts, a short-video feature that aims to compete with TikTok in the United States in March.The Google-owned video platform released its first beta shorts in India in September. The feature allows creators to upload videos up to 15 seconds and provide tools for adding songs and connecting clips.YouTube says the feature gets 3.5 billion views per day.YouTube is now expanding beta testing to the United States, YouTube Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan said in a blog post.

Every year, more and more people come to เกมสล็อตฟรี YouTube to launch their own channel," Mohan writes, explaining the creation of the shorts, "but we know there are still a lot of people who find the building bar too high.As TikTok, a video service from Chinese company ByteDance, has been wildly popular, the Silicon Valley giant has managed to capture some of its charm. In August, Facebook's Instagram launched its own TikTok clone called Reels. Another attempt by Facebook to copy TikTok called Lasso shut down last year.YouTube's announcement comes as TikTok's future in the US remains uncertain.

Former President Donald Trump has attempted to ban the app, citing national security concerns about the collection of user data.But the Biden administration reconsidered Trump's attempt to ban TikTok.Last week, the administration asked the federal appeals court to temporarily settle a legal dispute over the app. The administration has also "suspended" TikTok's plans to divest TikTok to Oracle and Walmart, according to The Wall Street Journal.Google and Facebook have cloned other apps in the past as they grow in popularity.Both companies launch their own versions of Snapchat stories, which allow people to post videos and photos that they delete themselves after a while.

Facebook and Twitter are also trying to replicate the success of Clubhouse, a sound-only social network that has generated huge buzz.Twitter announced a similar service called Spaces in December, while Facebook is working with rival Clubhouse. Own On Wednesday, Mohan previewed some of the other changes coming to YouTube.He said YouTube TV, a premium subscription offering from the company, would launch an add-on package with 4K streaming and viewing. Offline, Mohan also said the company is testing a new shopping tool that lets viewers buy products directly on YouTube.The testing will be extended later this year, he said.
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