INSTAGRAM IS MAKING ALMOST ALL VIDEOS TO REELS AND WILL SHOW THEM TO MORE PEOPLE

Welcome to the new era of Instagram, as it shifts even further into an all-Reels, all-the-time machine to keep users’ short attention spans inside its app instead of TikTok. Other than incentivising users to create Reels with easier templates to let you react to content and a new Dual feature that records using the front and back camera simultaneously, it has one more shortcut to a wealth of new Reels content: pretty much any video you post on Instagram. Into the Reels suggestion algorithm it goes, playing to whoever Instagram thinks will find it interesting, and it will be fully available for them to Remix and add their own spin to using the built-in content tools. If you go to post a new video on Instagram, you’ll get this splash screen noting the change. This also applies to Photos in its own way because in the coming weeks, you will be able to remix public photos. And on your profile, now videos and Reels are combined under one button. There are a few exceptions to this, like videos posted before things changed today and videos that are longer than 15 minutes.


NOW GOOGLE MEET MEETINGS CAN EASILY LIVESTREAM ON YOUTUBE

More than two years into the pandemic, as video calls have taken over workspaces, Google Meet is now rolling out the ability to livestream meetings on YouTube, which could open them up to viewers more easily than the old way of livestreaming events through Meet itself. Google Workplace admins can opt in to public streaming for the business accounts they manage, which also includes a few guardrails to make sure your weekly standup doesn’t turn into an open mic. The feature is available to most paid Workplace accounts: Enterprise tiers (starter, standard, and plus), Education Plus, Teaching and Learning upgrade, and Workplace individual subscribers, as well as Google One Premium plan members in certain countries. People on most starter, basic, legacy, or essentials packages, however, do not have access. If you want to livestream a Google Meet session on YouTube, you’ll have to put in a request in advance to have your YouTube channel approved. The approval process can take up to 24 hours. Google Meet has had a lot of changes this year – including being combined with Google Duo into a single hub for voice and video calls.

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