Twitter has announced a new way to share short, looping videos via a service called Vine. The videos can be up to 6 seconds long with sound and loop automatically on the website like an animated GIF.
You will have to download the Vine application to capture of the videos which is available only for the iPhone and the iPod touch. This app is similar to Instagram app but instead of square images you see square video clips on your timeline.
The video can have an audio as well but it is muted by default when you watch it on your desktop browser. The videos are also supported within Twitter’s official apps for iOS and Android but they don’t loop the way they do on the web.
It is definitely not a replacement of video sharing website like YouTube but Vine comes across as an interesting way to share moments that just can’t be captured through a photograph. It is expected that Vine app will be released on other platforms shortly.
You can download it here.
