Instagram confirms its TikTok rival, Reels, will launch in the US in early August

mood · Jul 17, 2020

Instagram confirms its TikTok rival, Reels, will launch in the US in early August
July 16, 2020
https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/16/i...-reels-will-launch-in-the-us-in-early-august/

Instagram confirmed it’s preparing to soon launch its TikTok competitor, known as Reels, in the U.S. The company expects to bring the new video feature — which is designed specifically for short-form, creative content — to its platform in early August, according to a spokesperson.

NBC News reported this morning Instagram would arrive in the U.S. and more than 50 other countries in a matter of weeks, citing sources familiar with the matter.
A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the U.S. (and international) launch, saying “We’re excited to bring Reels to more countries, including the U.S., in early August,” without providing specific details of which further markets will be added.
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“The community in our test countries has shown so much creativity in short-form video, and we’ve heard from creators and people around the world that they’re eager to get started as well,” the spokesperson added.
No exact launch date for Instagram Reels in the U.S. was provided.
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Rasheed187 · Jul 18, 2020

Weird that they didn't already offer this, I keep seeing TikTok videos on Instagram, it doesn't make any sense.

mood · Jul 29, 2020

Facebook Is Reportedly Offering Money To Lure Influencers From TikTok To Reels
July 28, 2020
https://www.forbes.com/sites/elanag...ney-to-lure-influencers-from-tiktok-to-reels/

As the U.S. is considering banning TikTok, the short-term video app faces another challenge, Facebook-owned Instagram is launching its short-term video functionality Reels in early August and the company has been making lucrative offers to TikTok influencers with millions of followers to lure them over to Reels, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

A Facebook spokesperson told Forbes “we have a long history of reaching out to emerging creators and working to break new stars on Instagram.”
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This isn’t the first time the companies have gone head to head: TikTok previously ran ads on Facebook and Instagram and, in an apparent response to Facebook’s outreach, launched on Thursday a $200 million fund to distribute money to creators and presumably retain users and attract new ones as it faces mounting security and privacy concerns and the Reels launch.
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Engadget: To beat TikTok, Facebook is allegedly throwing money at creators

The era of the social media superstar leaping between platforms is upon us.
According to the WSJ report, Facebook/Instagram wants either exclusivity, or for Reels to be the first place new social clips are posted. It has also apparently offered to bankroll the production of these clips, which could be a substantial sum if it’s recruiting lots of creators. But, then again, if that sort of cash is less than the customer acquisition cost Facebook would have to pay otherwise, it may all be worth it.
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mood · Aug 5, 2020

Instagram Reels launches globally in over 50 countries, including US
August 5, 2020
https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/05/i...-globally-in-over-50-countries-including-u-s/

Instagram Reels, the company’s significant effort in challenging TikTok on short-form creative content, is launching globally, starting today. The feature is being made available across 50 countries, including the U.S., as TechCrunch had previously reported. The expansion means Reels will now be available in key international markets, such as India, Brazil, France, Germany, the U.K., Japan, Australia, Spain, Mexico, Argentina and several others.

In late 2018, Facebook launched a TikTok clone called Lasso. The app didn’t take off and was shuttered this year.
Following Lasso’s tests, Instagram released Reels in Brazil in November 2019, where it was called Cenas, to see how Instagram users would respond to a different sort of mobile video experience.

With Reels, Instagram’s goal is not just to capture the now potentially up-for-grabs TikTok audience in the U.S. — it’s to steal them away even if TikTok remains.
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Meanwhile, Instagram’s browsing experience hasn’t offered a way to quickly swipe through videos like on TikTok.
Reels aims to change that. The feature lets users create and publish 15-second videos using a new set of editing tools that include options like AR effects, a countdown timer, a new align tool to line up different takes and, of course, music.

Overall, what Instagram has built isn’t all that differentiated from TikTok. But nor is it a direct clone.
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Facebook: Introducing Instagram Reels

Reels invites you to create fun videos to share with your friends or anyone on Instagram. Record and edit 15-second multi-clip videos with audio, effects and new creative tools. You can share reels with your followers in Feed and if you have a public account you can make them available to the wider Instagram community through a new space in Explore.
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mood · Aug 7, 2020

Reels is a worthy TikTok rival lost in Instagram bloat
It risks cluttering up Instagram
August 7, 2020
https://www.engadget.com/instagram-reels-tiktok-rival-164624402.html

Earlier this week, Facebook finally released its latest attempt at a TikTok rival. It’s called Instagram Reels, and as its name suggests, it’s actually a feature that lives inside Instagram, without an app of its own. While incorporating Reels directly inside an already popular app gives it a good chance at succeeding, it also adds clutter and bloat to the Instagram experience, and after trying it out, risks confusing users.

It doesn’t hurt that Instagram has done a good job in seeding early access to influencers who are also big on TikTok; most of the early Reels’ content has the same kind of dances and amusing lip sync memes, if not direct copies of the videos that were already previously posted on the rival video app.

Creating Reels will instantly be familiar to anyone who has used TikTok.
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But there are a few important differences between the two. For one thing, Reels are limited to 15 seconds, while TikTok videos can be as long as 60 seconds when you string four 15-second videos together.
Another neat feature is that you don’t actually need to be a TikTok user to watch TikTok videos; you can just launch the app and view them without signing up. You can’t do that with Reels; you need to have an Instagram account to view the videos.

[...] Reels risks being seen as a poor imitation, plus a confusing add-on to Instagram, thus alienating users of both platforms.
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Rasheed187 · Aug 8, 2020

mood said: ↑

Reels is a worthy TikTok rival lost in Instagram bloat
It risks cluttering up Instagram
August 7, 2020
https://www.engadget.com/instagram-reels-tiktok-rival-164624402.html
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No surprise that it's not impressive, Zuckerberg really isn't that good in designing stuff. Can't believe he's worth 100 billion dollar. I absolutley hate the Instagram Stories bar, I don't watch that many videos anymore, because of the stupid design.

mood · Aug 12, 2020

Instagram Reels’ biggest problem is replicating what TikTok does best
Instagram makes you go to content, but TikTok brings content to you
August 12, 2020
https://www.theverge.com/21362382/t...-algorithm-instagram-paradox-choice-streaming

It’s easy to forget about Instagram Reels.

Instagram’s TikTok competitor rolled out last week, bringing with it a newly revamped Explore tab that attempts to replicate TikTok’s video feed. Alongside a new camera layout designed to make creating easier (spoiler alert: it only made things more complicated), Instagram’s goal was obvious: make Reels a new go-to experience on the app, much like it made Stories blow up in 2016.
But a week after its launch, Reels feels tacked on.

The authentic reels mostly seem to come from featured Instagram creators, and they’re often based on popular TikTok trends.
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Unlike Reels, which Instagram makes people seek out to enjoy, TikTok just surfaces content. Eugene Wei, a former product officer at Amazon and Hulu, observed that Instagram is now “a Frankenstein of feeds and formats and functions spread across a somewhat confused constellation of apps.”
Instagram baked Stories into the app’s core experience — it’s built directly into the main feed and camera screen — but Reels feels like an afterthought.
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mood · Sep 3, 2020

Instagram launches a separate Reels tab for users in India, says it's planning to integrate tools in future
September 3, 2020
https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...rate-tools-in-future/articleshow/77916517.cms

Two months after launching the short video format Reels in India through a 'broad test' after the TikTok ban, Facebook's photo sharing app Instagram has launched a separate tab for Reels only for Indian users, the company said on Thursday.

Manish Chopra, director and head of partnerships at Facebook India told ET India is the first market where the company is launching the Reels tab due to the 'interest' and 'creativity' it has seen here and is planning to integrate more tools in future. Chopra said the product is available to most of India now.
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Reels was launched in India in July and India was the fourth country where Reels was available, after Brazil, Germany and France. In August, Instagram launched Reels in over 50 countries, including the US.

"We are currently focused on making Reels a great experience for people, but we are planning to integrate more tools in the future. We’re engaging with public figures and creators to use their creativity and use Reels while expressing themselves around moments and festivals, like independence day, rakhi, ganesh utsav and onam," said Chopra.
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Reel tab pic.twitter.com/hE00pY2rLE
— Sumanta Das (@isumantadas) September 3, 2020
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mood · Sep 23, 2020

Instagram is rolling out updates to Reels, including longer video lengths
Just one month after launch
September 23, 2020
https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/23/21452278/instagram-reels-update-longer-videos-length-trim-edit

Instagram Reels is doubling the length of videos in a new update, allowing users to make 30-second videos instead of 15 seconds.

Reels’ biggest competitor, TikTok, lets people record videos up to a minute in length. Instagram is also extending the timer from three to 10 seconds, and people will also be able to trim and delete any clip in an attempt to make the editing process smoother.
Although Instagram hasn’t said much about how many people are using Reels, it’s an area where the company seems pretty invested.
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Instagram is going “big with entertainment,” the company’s product director, Robby Stein, told The Verge when Reels launched. Stein added, “It’s our hope that with this format we have a new chapter of entertainment on Instagram.”
“While it’s still early, we’re seeing a lot of entertaining, creative content.”
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mood · Dec 11, 2020

Shopping is coming to Instagram Reels globally, turning the whole app into a catalog
Shop all over the app
December 10, 2020
https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/10/22165957/instagram-reels-shopping-update-global

Instagram is covering its app with shopping content.
Today, the company announced that shopping is rolling out to Reels, its TikTok copycat product, around the world. It announced a test of this feature in October.

Shopping is important to Instagram, and Facebook more broadly, as it looks to diversify its revenue. Ads are the primary way both platforms make money, but shopping presents an opportunity to profit off sales fees.
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mood · Jul 29, 2021

Instagram Reels now supports 60-second videos
July 28, 2021
https://androidcommunity.com/instagram-reels-now-supports-60-second-videos-20210728/

If you think 30 second videos are too short for whatever you want to say, show, or share, well you’re getting 30 seconds more if you’re on Instagram Reels. They announced that support for 60-second videos on the platform is now available for those who want to cross-post their TikTok videos, we mean, who want to post their own short-form videos. The update also lets content creators in several countries add a caption sticker to automatically transcribe their audio to text.

This will be useful of course to those who can’t get their video message across in 30 seconds and those that want to cross-post their other videos on Instagram.
Reels also now lets users add a caption sticker if they want their audio to automatically be transcribed to text. This will be helpful to make the platform accessible to those who are deaf or hard of hearing and also. for those who want to view the videos without the sound on.
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Instagram has said that they don’t want to be known as just a photo-sharing app. And with the emphasis on things like Reels, Live, and other video and audio components, they seem to be intent on going into this growing market.
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mood · Aug 19, 2021

Facebook launches Reels in the US to compete with TikTok
August 19, 2021
https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/19/facebook-reels-launches-us/

Facebook announced today that it’s bringing its popular Reels function from Instagram to its main app for some US users. According to a report by the Verge, Facebook Reels will “show up for some users in the News Feed and within Groups, where people can watch them together.”

Facebook says it’s already testing this in India, Mexico, and Canada.

People can watch and create reels from the Facebook app, and the feature is designed to give people a way to “express themselves, discover entertaining content, and to help creators broaden their reach.” As justification for the test, Facebook says nearly half of time spent on the app is dedicated to watching videos, and that Reels is growing “especially quickly.”
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Since TikTok-like videos are growing in popularity, it’s unsurprising that Facebook is introducing Reels to its main app.

Facebook said to the Verge that “it’ll spend $1 billion on Facebook and Instagram creators through 2022 but adds that it’ll also ‘roll out additional bonus programs and seed funding’ in the coming months, particularly aimed at Facebook Reels.”
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mood · Sep 29, 2021

Reels is now officially rolling out on Facebook in the US
September 29, 2021
https://www.neowin.net/news/reels-is-now-officially-rolling-out-on-facebook-in-the-us/

Facebook has been testing Reels on its main app for over a month now, and it seems like the company is happy with the results. It has finally launched Reels on Facebook in the US. Creators can now create Reels on both Facebook and Instagram, and for those created on Instagram, there's also an option to share them with Facebook's feed.

On Facebook, users can watch the short videos not just on their News Feed, but also within Facebook Groups. If Instagram Reels creators opt-in, their videos will appear in the Reels section on Facebook alongside other Reels that were natively created on the app.
To create a Reels video on Facebook, users need to tap on the "Reels" button on top of their News Feed or tap on the "Create" button while watching a Reels video on the app
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mood · Nov 12, 2021

Instagram is offering huge bonuses for posting on Reels, its TikTok clone
November 11, 2021
https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/11/instagram-bonuses-reels-tiktok/

Instagram really wants you to post Reels — they’ll even pay you up to $10,000 for one, if you’re lucky.

But creators are confused about what factors determine how big a bonus they’re eligible for from Instagram, and the platform isn’t helping clear up their concerns. Instagram told TechCrunch that the program is experimental and still in its early stages. But the lack of transparency can be troubling for creators who use these platforms to make a living.
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Maddy Corbin, who has ~52,000 followers on Instagram, was offered up to $1,000 for her reels in a month. She noticed, though, that other creators were being offered different deals.

“I saw some people that had more followers than me and they could only make $600,” Corbin told TechCrunch. Some others with fewer followers were offered $800. “I wish I knew more on how that was generated. All I can think of is maybe it’s based off of past reels’ performance.”
Some creators reported that they felt like their reels weren’t getting as much attention once they joined the bonus program.
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TikTok only continues to grow, but the platform is up against long-standing giants like Google-owned YouTube and Meta-owned Instagram — and for those companies, throwing $10,000 at an individual user’s short video isn’t a huge business expense.
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mood · Nov 12, 2021

Instagram introduces text-to-speech and voice effects for Reels
They're both popular features on TikTok.
November 12, 2021
https://www.engadget.com/instagram-text-to-speech-voice-effects-reels-071547265.html

Instagram was clearly trying to court TikTok users when it launched its short-form video format called Reels. Now, it has introduced two features already widely popular on TikTok, perhaps in hopes that they can convert those who've been hesitating to use Reels due to their absence. One of those tools is text-to-speech, which provides a robotic voiceover for videos.

When a user types in text for their videos, they'll now be able to get an auto-generated voice to read it out loud by accessing the feature living inside the Text bubble on the lower left corner of the screen.
In addition to Text-to-Speech, Instagram has also rolled out Voice Effects for Reels. With this feature, creators can change their voice as they see fit, and choose from the several options available.
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mood · Dec 28, 2021

Instagram will 'double down' on video in 2022 and focus on Reels
December 28, 2021

In a brief year-end video message, Instagram head Adam Mosseri offered some insight into what's ahead for the platform. "We're going to have to rethink what Instagram is because the world is changing quickly and we're going to have to change with it," he said. Mosseri laid out Instagram's priorities for 2022, which include doubling down on video.

2022 Priorities
This next year is going to be pivotal for Instagram. In addition to our industry-leading safety and wellbeing efforts, we’re focused on these four key priorities.
Hope you’re all able to get some rest over the holidays. See you in the New Year! ✌ pic.twitter.com/iY8uQ1EnMZ
— Adam Mosseri (@mosseri) December 28, 2021
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Mosseri said Instagram will "consolidate all of our video products around Reels and continue to grow that product." Instagram has been making some changes to how it handles videos in recent months.
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mood · Jul 22, 2022

Instagram video posts shorter than 15 minutes will now be shared as Reels
July 21, 2022

Instagram announced today that new video posts that are shorter than 15 minutes will now be shared as Reels. Videos posted prior to this change will remain as videos and won’t become Reels. The company began testing this change a few weeks ago and is making it permanent in the coming weeks. The change is part of Instagram’s efforts to offer a more immersive and full-screen experience, Instagram says. The company is also consolidating the video and Reels tabs on users’ profiles into one in order to create a single home for all video on the app.
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The change is likely to upset some users, as it may pose some challenges. For example, it could be difficult to post a horizontal video if it gets uploaded into a vertical Reels format.

However, the move isn’t exactly unexpected, especially since Instagram has been hinting toward its plans to simplify video on the app. Last year, when Instagram head Adam Mosseri laid out Instagram’s priorities for 2022, he said the company would double down on video and focus on Reels.
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Instagram is also launching updates to its “Template” feature for Reels. Users can now browse a variety of templates when they open the Reels camera and choose one to create their Reel with, uploading both video and photos. The company launched the initial rollout of templates last month, giving users the ability to create a Reel using the format and audio from an existing Reel.
The company is also expanding Reels Remix, its version of TikTok Duets.

“We’re always working on ways to improve your Instagram experience,” the company said in a blog post. “We’ll continue to build features that make it easier and more fun to create and share reels on Instagram.”
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Instagram: Introducing New Ways to Collaborate and Create with Reels

Today, we're announcing new features to Instagram that make it more fun and easy to collaborate, create and share reels.
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mood · Jul 26, 2022

Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner share Instagram criticism
Reality TV stars Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner have joined Instagram content creators in criticising the platform's new design.
July 26, 2022

Ms Kardashian and Ms Jenner shared posts on their Instagram Stories asking the Meta-owned platform to "make Instagram Instagram again".

Instagram has recently shifted its focus from individual posts to its own short video format Reels.
But some users are telling Instagram to "stop trying to be TikTok".
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Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri admitted in a Reel on Tuesday that there has been "a lot of change all at once" on the platform.

While reassuring viewers photos will stay on Instagram as "part of our heritage", he said he believes Instagram will become more video-based over time.
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The platform announced new tools for creators using its Reels feature on 21 July, letting them "Remix" previous public photo posts as Reels and simultaneously film and react to content on front and back cameras with a "Dual" feature.

Instagram also revealed that new videos which are less than 15 minutes long will be automatically uploaded as Reels in coming weeks.
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"I'm all for the app evolving and adding features like Reels," she said, but added there is a "stark difference" between what sort of content used to be visible on Instagram feeds and now.

She says this left many who grew their platform as photographers on Instagram wondering "how they're going to further their platform on an app that no longer favours the content that they create".
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mood · Jul 29, 2022

Instagram U-turns on TikTok-style revamp
...following backlash online from users, influencers and celebrities
July 29, 2022

Among the new features was an increase in recommended video content, in a similar style to rival app TikTok.

The display and feeds were criticised as people felt they were not seeing photos from friends and family as much.
Meta, Instagram's parent company, said it wanted to "take the time" to get the changes right.
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Instagram boss Adam Mosseri told The Verge that the test version of the revamped app would be phased out within weeks.

"I'm glad we took a risk - if we're not failing every once in a while, we're not thinking big enough or bold enough," he said.
Reality TV stars Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner also shared an online "petition" to "Make Instagram Instagram again" on their stories.
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A Meta spokesperson told the BBC:

"Based on our findings and community feedback, we're pausing the full-screen test on Instagram so we can explore other options, and we're temporarily decreasing the number of recommendations you see in your feed so we can improve the quality of your experience.
"We recognise that changes to the app can be an adjustment, and while we believe that Instagram needs to evolve as the world changes, we want to take the time to make sure we get this right."
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