Instagram Tests Long Videos Up to 90 Minutes
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Instagram is a popular app for photos and videos.
Now, Instagram is testing a new idea. Users may soon post very long videos.
These videos can be up to 90 minutes long.
This is much longer than normal Instagram videos.
YouTube is a different app. People watch long videos there every day.
Instagram wants to be more like YouTube now.
The company is testing this new video length.
It is not available to everyone yet.
Instagram will not pay creators money for these long videos.
Creators are people who make videos online.
On YouTube, creators can earn money from their videos.
This is a big difference between the two apps.
Many creators want to know more about this change.
The new feature could change how people use Instagram.
People wait to see what happens next.
Vocabulary5 words
- app
- a program on your phone, like Instagram
- creators
- people who make videos or pictures online
- feature
- a new part of an app
- testing
- trying something new before everyone can use it
- compete
- try to be better than another company
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1. 90 minutes 2. YouTube 3. No
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Instagram is a popular app for photos and _____.
Now, Instagram is _____ a new idea.
Users may soon post very long _____.
These videos can be up to 90 _____ long.
Instagram wants to be more like _____ now.
Instagram will not pay _____ money for these long videos.
Creators are people who make videos _____.
On YouTube, creators can _____ money from their videos.
This is a big _____ between the two apps.
The new _____ could change how people use Instagram.
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