YouTube Tests New Clips Feature! You Can Now Post 5 to 60 Seconds Videos; How to Use It

YouTube confirmed that it is working on a new feature that would soon allow its users to post five to 60 seconds videos. However, the new Clips feature is currently unavailable to iOS users.

According to Android Central's latest report, Lester Chen, the global head of Gaming Creators of YouTube, confirmed the social media platform's new project.

"Today we are launching an experimental version of Clips on YouTube. Check out videos on the Creator Insider channel and test it out yourself!" said Chen via his official Twitter account.

"Clips are 5-60 sec, shareable, segments of content (Live/VOD) that live on top of the original video," he added.

YouTube's new Clips feature

The tech giant platform has just started testing its latest Clip feature, which is also available on Twitch. This new feature allows creators to record very short segments from their live streams or videos. However, it is only available on desktop and Android smartphones.

Although this is the case, the popular video platform confirmed that it will also release the new feature on iOS devices very soon. CNET reported that the users can use the new feature if their YouTube app has a new icon that looks like a pair of scissors.

Once they click it, there will be an option that allows them to create a custom clip from whatever video they are watching. After they created their clip, they can share the looping footage on other platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.

If you already have the new feature, you can also create a direct link to the clip, as well as create an embeddable version that you can add to a website. On the other hand, YouTube's official help page also detailed how the new feature works.

How to use it

To help you further, here's the exact guide on how you can use YouTube's new Clips feature;

• Start watching an eligible video on YouTube.
• Under the video, click the clip icon .
• A create clip box will appear.
• Select the section of the video you'd like to clip. You can increase (maximum of 60 seconds) or decrease (minimum of 5 seconds) the length of your selection by dragging the slider.
• Give the clip a title (max 140 characters).Click the SHARE CLIP button.

A panel will appear, presenting different sharing options for you to use:

• Email: Choose the email icon to send an email using the default email software on your computer.
• Social networks: Click a social network icon (for example, Facebook or Twitter) to share the video there.
• Copy the link: Click the COPY button to copy a link to the video that you can paste somewhere else, like in an email message.
• Embed: Click the Embed button to generate a code you can use to embed the video in a website.

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Written by: Giuliano de Leon.