YouTube Shorts will look even more like TikToks with these new features

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TikTok popularized short, vertical video content. After seeing its success, many platforms, including YouTube, have tried to leverage the app's popularity. Now, a wave of new features makes YouTube Shorts more similar to TikToks than ever. 

On Tuesday, YouTube announced features that will help to optimize both the viewing and creating process for Shorts. Interestingly, most of these features are already found on TikTok and Instagram. 

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