Instagram launches TikTok style feature 'Remix' on Reels

Now, user can "remix" a reel, meaning they can upload a video next to another user's, building on top of the original clip. The feature is already popular on TikTok, often for dance challenges, under the "duet" function. Remix lets you create your own Reel, along-side an existing reel. Interactive tools like Live Rooms, polls and questions in Stories and AR effects.

New Delhi: In its bid to further take on Chinese short-form video app TikTok, Facebook-owned Instagram has announced a new feature called Remix that will let users create, share and add their own perspective and fun on its Reels platform.

Instagram users can now "remix" a reel, meaning they can upload a video next to another user's, building on top of the original clip. The feature is already popular on TikTok, often for dance challenges, under the "duet" function.

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  Re-re-re-remix 🤩
  
  Now you can use the Remix feature in Reels to create your own reel next to one that already exists 🎭
  
  Whether you’re capturing your reaction, responding to friends or bringing your own magic to trends, Remix is another way to collab on Instagram ✨ pic.twitter.com/eU8x74Q3yf

  — Instagram (@instagram) March 31, 2021

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  Re-re-re-remix 🤩
  
  Now you can use the Remix feature in Reels to create your own reel next to one that already exists 🎭
  
  Whether you’re capturing your reaction, responding to friends or bringing your own magic to trends, Remix is another way to collab on Instagram ✨ pic.twitter.com/eU8x74Q3yf

  — Instagram (@instagram) March 31, 2021

"Remix lets you create your own Reel, along-side an existing reel. Interactive tools like Live Rooms, polls and questions in Stories and AR effects have always been a huge part of how people connect on Instagram," the company said in a statement.

This is how Remix works:-

• Tap the three-dot menu on a reel and select "Remix this Reel".
• The screen will split into the original reel and your new one and you can now start recording your Remix.
• Your recording will be side-by-side to the original reel.

Instagram launches TikTok style feature 'Remix' on Reels. Courtesy: Instagram

• "Once recorded, you can control the volume for the original audio, your recorded audio, and add a voiceover," Instagram said, adding that only newly uploaded Reels will have Remix enabled.
• Since the launch of Reels last year, several features have been added to it.
• This includes extending the recording time limit up to 30 seconds, extending the countdown timer to 10 seconds while recording, and adding options to trim and delete clips from the timeline.
• There have also been updated to the audio features, where you can now save audio clips, share audio pages, and browse for trending songs.

(Inputs from IANS)