Chris Stokel-Walker YouTube Shorts, the video website’s TikTok-like feature, has become one of its latest obsessions, with more than 1.5 billion users watching short-form content on their devices every month. And now YouTube wants to expand that number by bringing full-screen, vertical videos into your TV, MIT Technology Review can reveal. From today, users worldwide will see a row of videos from Shorts high up their display on YouTube’s smart
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To take on TikTok, YouTube launches Shorts videos on TV. Will the experience be a game-changer?
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After giving the world its latest obsession, Shorts, YouTube is gearing to expand its mobile horizon. It is aiming to bring full-screen vertical videos to life. However, one major challenge will be the extent to which Shorts videos should be allowed to autoplay. Will the experience live up to the expectation?
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