Mine’s longer than yours.
Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom showed off the photo app’s new feature that allows users to share 15-second snippets of video — putting it in direct competition with Twitter’s 6-second video phenomenon, Vine.
While the micro-video format isn’t new, Systrom declared Instagram Video “completely mind-blowing.”
“This changes everything,” Systrom said during an event at Facebook’s headquarters.
The video-recording function was built right into Instagram’s app, and comes with comes with 13 filters to stylize video.
Systrom said he employed the help of the world’s leading video scientists to smooth out shaky video with stabilization technology.
Video for Instagram will be available to 130 million users across Apple’s mobile iOS and Google’s Android platform. Twitter’s Vine has been downloaded 13 million times.
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