A co-founder of wildly popular video-sharing app Vine is back with a new venture, Byte.
Hofmann has kept the details of his new app to a minimum. The app has a similar premise to Vine, however, allowing users to record or upload short, looped videos.
Hofman tweeted on Monday that Byte's beta testing is likely to feel similar to Vine's former friends and family beta testing. However, the Byte app will change as it grows, he said.Hofman was previously involved with Vine, a popular short-form video app that let users create and share six-second videos that looped infinitely. In its heyday, Vine attracted over. Twitter acquired the service in 2012, but shut the app down in 2016 because it struggled to find a way to make money from it.
Things have moved on since Vine, and Byte will have to go up against a well-funded Chinese rival. TikTok, another popular video looping service, has launched and is achieving explosive and global success. The service is owned by Chinese tech company Bytedance, which was
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