You'll soon no longer have to choose between sharing a video or sharing a Reel on Facebook. The reason is simple: Facebook will soon no longer give you a choice. The social network has just announced that in the coming weeks, all videos shared on the platform will be in the form of Reels.
Facebook wants to simplify video creation
Until now, when you were about to send one of your videos to Facebook, the social network offered two options. The first was to send the video directly to your wall. The second, meanwhile, allowed you to publish the video in the form of a Reel. In each case, Facebook provided various "creative tools" to liven up your production a little.
But the social network clearly finds this procedure too complex. To make things easier, Facebook has decided to bring together "these experiences with a simplified publishing workflow." You'll still be able to edit your videos with the tools provided by Facebook, but your videos will soon be published only as Reels.
The platform specifies that it will not apply any restrictions on length or format, and will provide access to tools to control the audience of your videos, including knowing who has watched your Reels. These changes are expected to be rolled out gradually across all profiles and pages over the coming months.
New options for audience restriction
With this change, Facebook had no choice but to update its privacy settings. The social network plans to unify those for messages and Reels. Your default privacy settings will therefore be the same for your written publications as for your Reels.
Facebook specifies that it will automatically display a message inviting you to choose the audience for your Reels as soon as these changes are effective on your account. Note that it will be entirely possible to apply a different audience for your publications and for your Reels.
Furthermore, the video tab that previously existed and offered a full-screen video player will be making a comeback in the application. That being said, this tab will be renamed Reels, and should be strictly similar to the one already present on Instagram.
Source: Meta
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