CapCut Rival 'Edits' By Instagram Now Officially Available On Android

With CapCut moving certain functions behind a paywall in recent months, Edits, the free video editor from Instagram, is now officially available on Android.

After being announced by Instagram chief Adam Mosseri in mid-January, the app launch timeframe was only slated in the coming weeks. However, it has officially launched today and brings a suite of free editing features to Android for your vertical video content.

Although officially called “Edits, an Instagram app” it’ll no doubt be known as “Edits” and offers a wide array of common features like text and caption addition, content capture within the application, resolution and framerate controls, plus AI animation tools if you wish to take video edits to the next level.

You can even utilize trending and licensed audio, as you can in the Instagram application. The auto-caption function has all the usual tools, including font selection and fine-tuning options for the AI-powered audio feature. Regular timeline tools and some AI addition and subtraction options are also available with basic greenscreen effects possible within the Edits app.

One of the biggest enticing features here is that Edits lets you see real-time data on your Instagram Reels content, including engagement, clickthrough, and average view duration. This is ordinarily hard to find within the Instagram app, but is made easier here via the Live Insight Dashboard. You can export your video creations without watermarks to be shared across any other social platforms at up to 4K resolution.

All of this is available completely free and no feature is hidden behind a paywall or subscription. You can download Edits from the Google Play Store here.