Social media app TikTok has turned short, shareable videos into an art form. Now Instagram is getting in on the craze with Instagram Reels, which allows you to add music and fun visual effects over ...

Queenie Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social media companies including Facebook's parent company Meta, Twitter and TikTok. Before joining CNET, she worked for The Mercury News in ...

Once just a fun feature to rival TikTok, Reels have now transformed into a marketing powerhouse on both Facebook and Instagram. These short, snappy videos are stealing the spotlight, becoming the ...

After Instagram launched its TikTok competitor, Reels, in August 2020, the short-form videos have pretty much taken over the app. In November of the same year, the social media platform redesigned its ...

With Instagram Reels, Facebook Goes After TikTok (Again) Like TikTok, the new Reels feature on Instagram lets you pair short, 15-second videos with hit songs and spruce them up with AR effects.