YouTube Shorts have quickly become a popular feature on the YouTube app, with it becoming YouTube’s version of TikTok.

YouTube shorts are a maximum of 60-second videos that have their section on the YouTube website and YouTube app. While they are similar to TikTok videos, there was one feature that was left out on YouTube shorts that TikTok has had since the launch of their application, which is Voice-Over.

This is a key element that makes it easier for content producers to add voice-over in the app, compared to having to do the voice-over outside of the app on programs like Adobe Audition, or perhaps even TikTok itself!

As someone who wants to go into Voice-Over, I find this feature to be a pretty neat one and one that should have been added a long time ago. It makes making YouTube shorts much simpler, as you can now record your content, edit them in the YouTube shorts, and then add your voiceover once the video is complete.

For a short explanation of how to add Voice-Over to your YouTube shorts, watch the video below:

I feel this will add a bit of a battle between YouTube shorts and TikTok, as both are looking to become the top brand for producers to post their content. By YouTube shorts matching a feature from TikTok, it could entice content producers to post on YouTube shorts. While YouTube shorts haven’t been around as long as TikTok has, YouTube themselves have been around for way longer, making them more recognizable. 

While TikTok’s global recognition only keeps going up, YouTube shorts have quickly come to try and match, and potentially overtake the 2016 social media brand. I watch YouTube shorts more because I’m on YouTube more, and TikTok has never really intrigued me the way it has for many other people. I still have it just to keep up with trends, but I can’t even force myself to use it!