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Instagram Expands Video Features Amid Competition with YouTube

Updated 2026-10-26 16:20 UTC 1 source Neutral

Instagram is launching a major push into longform horizontal video, a move that could intensify competition with YouTube. The initiative comes from Adam Mosseri, who previously opposed such content on the platform.

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The Verge
Instagram is announcing a big push into longform horizontal video, which the platform is calling "Features." Instagram boss Adam Mosseri has been against doing longform video on the platform "for a long time," he says in a six-and-a-half-minute video (here's the widescreen version) with VP of produc
2026-10-26 16:05 UTC
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