Instagram announced on Sunday that a new video editing app will be hitting the app stores soon, hours after the ban on TikTok came into effect. Adam Mosseri, the head of the platform, issued the news on Instagram,

A lot is going on in social media lately. The sudden ban on TikTok has had a huge effect on its users in the USA. In the meantime, on the same day, Instagram has announced a special software.

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 announced a new video creation app Sunday amid legal struggles faced in the U.S. by TikTok, another social media platform with a focus on visual content. “Today we’re announcing Edits, a

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

Edits is 'hoping not just to be an editing tool but an entire full suite of creative tools for those of you who are passionate about making videos on your phone,' IG Head Adam Mosseri says.

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.