YouTube Shorts are getting longer

Starting Oct. 15, you’ll be able to create Shorts up to 3 minutes long. YouTube says it will also be working hard to improve guidelines for longer, shorter videos «in the coming months»

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Shorts also gets templates, which you can try by clicking Remix on a Short and then selecting Use this template. The developers say users will be able to make slices of their favorite clips and even combine snippets from different videos for a single Shorts.

The developers claim that users will be able to make slices of their favorite clips and even combine snippets from different videos for one Shorts.

For users who don’t like the short video format, YouTube is preparing a feature that will make Shorts less likely to show up in the recommendations feed.

YouTube is also working on a feature that will make Shorts less likely to show up in the recommendations feed.