Meta is testing a highly anticipated feature on Instagram Reels that allows users to pause a video just by tapping on it. For now, the ability to pause videos is only available to a small group of users around the world,

Update: CapCut, Marvel Snap and other ByteDance apps have returned to the US (at least for now). They may still be banned if a sale doesn't go through again but for the meantime you can enjoy CapCut and forget all about Instagram's upcoiming Edits app. The original story continues below.

Instagram head Adam Mosseri just announced a video editing app called Edits. Mosseri said the app is meant to rival CapCut, a video editing app that went offline along with TikTok. Edits is available for preorder on the iOS App Store.

Instagram on Sunday rolled out Edits, a video-editing product that appeared similar to CapCut, which is owned by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.

Instagram has launched Edits, a new video-editing suite, claiming it outperforms CapCut, developed by TikTok's ByteDance.

The tool is slated to be released on March 13, Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, announced. TikTok has since restored service in the US.

Instagram is making a host of sweeping changes in a bid to attract TikTok users as the future of that app hangs in the balance. TikTok temporarily shut down after the Supreme Court upheld a law that required ByteDance to divest its stake in the company by Jan. 19 or face a national ban.

"It was kind of positioned as the antidote to Instagram.” Trends on TikTok often became a priority for businesses, according to Jessica Maddox, an assistant professor at the University of Alabama's department of journalism and creative media who ...

CapCut is a free video-editing platform created, owned and operated by ByteDance. It was launched in the U.S. in 2020. It was the second most downloaded photo and video app in the Apple App Store after Instagram, according to USA Today.

Meta is testing a highly requested pause feature with a small group of users on Instagram Reels. The new feature is the latest sign that Meta is looking to capitalize on TikTok's uncertain future in the U.

TikTok was banned and restored within the same weekend. Find out what other apps owned by ByteDance, are in limbo below.

Instagram is launching a new app, Edits, that will immediately become a CapCut competitor when it launches next month. You can pre-order the app on the Apple App Store now, with Google Play Store availability to follow.