You Can Now Post Videos Right to Reddit

Heads up, Reddit users: The "front folio of the Internet" is getting a lot more video friendly.

Reddit on Thursday announced that it is rolling out native video hosting and so users can upload videos directly to the platform. This new characteristic "makes information technology easier than ever for Redditors to capture, upload, and share videos and gifs with all their favorite communities," Reddit wrote in a blog post. This is certainly a welcome modify; up until now, Reddit users had to upload the video to a third-party hosting platform, then post the link to Reddit to share it there.

This "time-consuming, circuitous process…inhibited many users, especially those who capture videos on their phones and want to share them quickly with their favorite subreddits," Reddit wrote. "With native video, we've streamlined this process dramatically, allowing both content creators and commenters to focus on the conversation taking place on Reddit. No tertiary-party uploads, new tabs, or back arrows necessary."

The move comes later Reddit last year ditched Imgur in favor of its ain image upload tool. Reddit besides introduced native video ads earlier this yr.

You'll now be able to record video inside the official Reddit apps or select a pre-recorded video from your gallery, so upload information technology right to the platform. If you lot're on a desktop, you lot can select a video from your files to upload. Reddit allows only MP4 and MOV files upwardly to 15-minutes long.

"All-time of all, yous tin sentinel Reddit video while you read comments and appoint in chat," Reddit wrote. The video platform keeps a small preview window open up at the top of the screen as you scan the annotate below. This manner you can "transition seamlessly betwixt viewing, lurking, and commenting on Reddit videos," Reddit wrote.

To upload a video from your desktop, click "Submit Link" on a video-enabled subreddit, then click "Choose File," select the video to upload, choose a thumbnail, add a championship, and click "Submit." On Reddit's mobile apps, click "Mail service something interesting" at the top of your "Home" feed (or click "Post to r/___" on a video-enabled subreddit). From at that place, only select "Paradigm/Video," click "Camera" to tape a new video or "Library" to select one in your camera roll, add together a title, and click "Postal service" to submit.

Once you lot try it out, head hither to share your thoughts about the new characteristic.

Meanwhile, this new Reddit feature comes afterward Facebook last calendar week launched Watch, a new platform for watching shows. Facebook sees Watch equally offering a diverse range of content from online personalities creating their own series to celebrities streaming live video and even major sports broadcasts streamed live.

Well-nigh Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag's practiced on fettle and smart home products. Educational activity yoga for most x years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected health products including fitness trackers, heart charge per unit monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength preparation machines, treadmills, and more. Angela also tests smart domicile devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, merely to name a few.