Meta releases Instagram's video editing app, Edits, a competitor to TikTok's CapCut

Today, Instagram released its new standalone free video editing app, Edits. It was introduced earlier this year when TikTok and its companion video editing app, CapCut, were briefly removed from iOS and Android app stores for US customers. The message was clear: Instagram is ready to compete. Edits is Meta's response to CapCut, the video platform developed by ByteDance, TikTok's parent company. Unlike Instagram's native tools, which have long lagged in flexibility and depth, Edits is designed to...