Instagram's new Edits app will be available this spring. But thanks to new presidential action, creators can still use TikTok's CapCut.

Instagram announced a new video editing app, Edits, which will enable users to easily create short-form video content, mirroring

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 has announced Edits, a free video editing app that sounds a lot like CapCut. In a video posted to Threads on Sunday, Instagram head Adam Mosseri described Edits as a "full suite of creative tools," and briefly ran through its planned features.

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 introduced a standalone app called "Edits," designed to take video editing to the next level. This mobile editing solution enhances creativity and precision, offering tools that go beyond Instagram’s existing features.

Instagram announced that it is launching its own free video editing app named Edits. The move makes sense for a platform that's been pushing video content for quite some time, yet lacked any refined editing tools.