YouTube has announced new features in its version for mobile deviceswhere you can now use new template designs that allow you to customize the content of long videos in Shorts.

Shorts is YouTube’s short video format, which allows the platform to record and share videos of 60 seconds or less using your mobile phone.

It is also possible to convert long videos to this format, with a tool that also introduces options to speed up or slow down the recording speed, add filters and subtitle videos, among others.

This tool now has new templates. The company has explained that to use them, you need to choose the ‘Remix’ option and choose ‘Edit into a short film’. Then you need to choose the part of the video you want to upload and click on the ‘Template’ button, details Europe Press.

Within this section, the options ‘Single’, to present the content in vertical format, and ‘Square’, to present it in square mode, are shown. Similarly, ‘Split 1’, ‘2’ and ‘3’ options are introduced to divide the video into as many parts as required. You can also zoom in on different parts of a video.

For example, if you want to convert a streaming video game into Shorts, you can split the screen in half and open the game at the top.while in the top one you can include the ‘streamer’ commenting and reacting to the plays.

Finally, the company has explained that to launch the new video in the mobile application, The editing process must be completed and uploaded to the platform as if it were new content with the chosen configuration. (JO)