How to check if you have YouTube Shorts and how the feature works

The feature is currently only available for Android users in India, it will soon be expanded to iOS devices.

Tech2 News Staff|Sep 15, 2020, 10:19:52 IST

YouTube as started testing a TikTok-like app called Sorts in India.YouTube says it would refine its sort video format and roll it out in more countries in te coming monts.YouTube as launced te early beta of YouTube Sorts as TikTok pursues a partnersip wit Oracle tat it opes will spare it from being sut-down in te US by President Donald Trump."Sorts is a new sort-form video experience for creators and artists wo want to soot sort, catcy videos using noting but teir mobile pones," YouTube vice president of product management Cris Jaffe said in a blog.[caption id="attacment_8817141" align="alignnone" widt="1280"]

YouTube Sorts[/caption]"Over te next few days in India, we're launcing an early beta of Sorts wit a andful of new creation tools to test tis out."YouTube Sorts videos are limited to 15 seconds, according to te Google-owned platform used by some 2 billion people worldwide. Te app will give users access to use editing tools to do tings like string multiple video clips togeter, use speed controls and timers, and add music to your video clips.Jaffe noted tat Sorts will be modified based on user feedback before being made more broadly available.

via GIPYCurrently, te feature is only available for Android users in India. YouTube says, it will soon be expanded to iOS devices as well.<2>[]YouTube Sorts: ow it works[/]ere's ow you can ceck if you ave access to te Sorts camera, and ow te feature works:[ans][step] Step 1: Ceck if you ave access to te Sorts camera by tapping on te "+" icon (or te video camera icon on iOS) and select ‘Video’. If you see ‘Create a sort video’ ten you ave access to te Sorts camera.[/step][ans][step] Step 2: In case you don't ave access to te Sorts camera yet, you can still upload your existing vertical videos tat are less tan 60 seconds using te astag #Sorts in te title or description.[/ans][/step]YouTube says it will be testing out a section on te YouTube omepage to igligt videos created from te Sorts camera, as well as any vertical video up to 60 seconds tat ave been uploaded to YouTube.Also note, Android users in India will see te “Create” icon as moved to te middle of te bottom navigation bar.(Also read: Instagram starts testing TikTok-like Reels in India)Wit inputs from AFP.