YouTube’s own TikTok copycat is here.

On Monday, the Google-owned organization declared Shorts, its new short-form video feature.

The early beta version of the product will launch throughout the following scarcely any days in India. YouTube said it would get Shorts to extra nations the coming months, and include more functionality.

YouTube said the tool is for social media makers to “shoot short, catchy videos using nothing but their mobile phones.” It will offer an approach to string numerous clips together, include music, and use a timer and countdown to record videos hands-free, all highlights as of now accessible on TikTok.

The organization’s choice to launch in India initially is a key one. In June, India prohibited TikTok and a few other popular Chinese applications, saying they represent a “threat to sovereignty and integrity.” thus, Indian TikTokers are scrambling to discover elective platforms.

YouTube is the most recent social media giant to launch a short-form video tool after TikTok has detonated in notoriety. A month ago, Instagram declared Reels, an product that is almost a duplicate of TikTok, in the United States and in excess of 50 different nations.

YouTube’s declaration comes after news that TikTok and Oracle (ORCL) will become business partners in the US, an arrangement intended to satisfy the Trump organization’s national security worries about the Chinese-owned video application, an individual acquainted with the issue revealed to CNN Business on Sunday.