Instagram Is Launching a New Video Editor Called Edits . Instagram has announced that it's launching a new mobile video editing app, and that it will be ready for release within t

Instagram has launched Edits, a new video-editing suite, claiming it outperforms CapCut, developed by TikTok's ByteDance.

The clock is Tikking. Instagram is making a host of sweeping changes in a bid to attract TikTok users as the future of that app hangs in the balance. TikTok temporarily shut down after the Supreme Court upheld a law that required ByteDance to divest its stake in the company by Jan.

With popular applications missing from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store in the US thanks to a ban (which looks set to be repealed by President Trump once he is sworn in), Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta has swooped in to scoop up content creators left adrift.

Instagram is launching a new app, Edits, that will immediately become a CapCut competitor when it launches next month. You can pre-order the app on the Apple App Store now, with Google Play Store availability to follow.

TikTok was banned and restored within the same weekend. Find out what other apps owned by ByteDance, are in limbo below.

Capitalizing on TikTok's brief absence, Instagram is seeking to entice video creators with large cash bonuses to start posting Reels.

TikTok’s fate is still far from certain. While Trump has extended the deadline for a ban, he continues to push ByteDance to sell the app to an American company, at least in part. Should that fail to happen, it could put Trump and TikTok in an awkward spot, given the recent Supreme Court ruling that gave a green light to the ban.

Meta's new app, Edits, sounds like a CapCut clone. Aimed at content creators, it will offer an extensive suite of tools and features for video editing. Edits will launch in February, though the initial build will lack many features.

Instagram’s head Adam Mosseri introduced Edits, the platform’s new video-editing app. Apart from TikTok, it looks like Instagram is also trying to compete with other apps offered by ByteDance. Instagram intends to compete with ByteDance’s CapCut, a video-editing application that went offline in the US alongside TikTok.

Filling in that void for a lightweight video editor. Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp for the latest stories and breaking news. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, took to the platform to announce the new video editing app