What is Reels and is it better than TikTok? Instagram \/ TikTokWith the terrifying news that TikTok could be banned in the United States, several competitors have come out of the woodwork to try to capitalize on TikTok\u2019s immense success \u2013 including Instagram\u2019s new \u2018Reels\u2019. Reels launched yesterday on August 5, and it\u2019s Instagram\u2019s answer to TikTok, enabling users who already have an account to make and discover short-form videos. The product has just been launched across 50 countries including key markets such as the US, UK, Brazil, France, and Australia. What\u2019s Different? To begin with, short-form videos are limited to 15 seconds, whereas TikTok allows 60 seconds. At launch, Reels users won\u2019t be able to duet with each other either. But like TikTok, Reels offers different editing tools such as AR effects, countdown timers, and an align tool to line up different takes. Instagram will offer music, but users won\u2019t be able to directly upload songs into the system. Original sounds can be used in recordings, but they cannot be uploaded directly as separate tracks. However, one advantage over TikTok is that users don\u2019t have to worry so much about copyrighted tracks being deleted from their videos, thanks to Instagram\u2019s deals with major record labels. How to use it The Reels feature is built into the Instagram camera users already know how to use, so the whole thing stays within the one app. At the bottom of the screen, you can select Reels next to the Story and Live options. Editing tools will then appear on the left-hand side. Is there a version of the For You page? To an extent. Reels can be discovered through a new part of the explore space within Instagram where videos are presented in a personalized vertical feed, much like TikTok. Videos can also be featured which means that they\u2019re chosen and curated by Instagram itself. Reels can be private or public, so they can be uploaded to your normal feed or your stories, or you can opt for them to be discoverable in the explore tab. If TikTok sticks around, however, will Instagram Reels still live on to become a success? Instagram successfully took the stories feature from Snapchat and made it even more popular in their own app, and evidently they think it could happen again. The most important test will be if Instagram can perfect the algorithm that has made TikTok so spectacular.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What is Reels and is it better than TikTok? Instagram \/ TikTokWith the terrifying news that TikTok could be banned in the United States, several competitors have come out of the woodwork to try to capitalize on TikTok\u2019s immense success \u2013 including Instagram\u2019s new \u2018Reels\u2019. Reels launched yesterday on August 5, and it\u2019s Instagram\u2019s answer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}