Facebook began testing its own YouTube

The world's largest social network keeps trying to "push" a video site number 1 in the world - YouTube. Before Facebook began testing a separate feed dedicated only to videos.

In experimental videotape, while generally available to American users of iOS apps, get all the videos shared by the user's friends and pages, which he signed. Also, displays is gaining popularity in the social network videos, videos saved for later viewing and already viewed.

In the test version of the app icon with a hyperlink to a videotape icon replaces the Messenger. Vertical scrolling tape display different video channels, and horizontal swipes to view them in readily available videos to view. In Facebook say that in the future, the video tape can be without difficulty ported on various platforms including Smart TV.

This is not the 1st Facebook initiative designed to promote the social network as a platform for video alternative to YouTube and other similar resources. Thus, the firm started to support the video with 360-degree coverage, tests videoprofile that allows you to replace the users ' avatar video, and even develop an application for video in virtual reality.

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