Bluesky now lets you upload 10-minute long videos

In Brief

Social web Bluesky said connected Tuesday that it is present expanding video limits connected the level to 10 minutes. Previously, the level allowed three-minute-long videos, a bounds that it raised past year. This makes it much competitory with different text-based platforms that by default let for shorter video uploads

In summation to expanding the video length, the institution said successful a station that users tin present upload a maximum record size of 300MB. Plus, it mentioned that upload velocity is present 2x-3x faster.

The caller bounds is connected par with TikTok’s bounds of 10-minute videos recorded straight with the app. The alteration besides means that different apps moving connected the AT Protocol that underpins Bluesky, specified arsenic Bluescreen, Reelo and Skylight, volition besides beryllium capable to service longer videos

Social platforms person made concerted efforts to marque their services video-friendly. Meta-owned rival, Threads, allows five-minute-long videos connected its site.

While X lets escaped users upload 140-second videos, it has made it easier for paying users to upload 3-4-hour-long videos with sizes up to 16GB to summation video depletion connected its network. The institution besides launched a caller video exertion to encourage users to upload archetypal content connected its platform.

With this move, Bluesky is attempting to summation its progressive idiosyncratic base, which has dropped by implicit 25% year-over-year arsenic of July, arsenic per information from Similarweb.

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