Twitter Decides to Keep Vine Alive as 'Vine Camera'

Twitter has announced that it will keep the short-form video hosting app Vine alive by converting it to to a pared-down Vine Camera despite saying that it will be shut down.Read more: The Black Pearl Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge is Now Official

According to a blog post by the Vine team said: In January, we are transitioning the Vine app to a pared-down Vine Camera. With this camera app you will still be able to make six-second looping videos, and either post them directly to Twitter or save them to your phone. Vine is also rolling out a way to make it easy for Twitter users to migrate their Vine followers to Twitter.

According to a report in Variety, the Vine website will also stay up and running, allowing users to continue to watch past Vines. However, from January, no new videos can be posted on Vine.Read more: UberSHAAN: Uber Launches Initiative, Urges Ex-Servicemen to Join as Driver PartnersTwitter will now transform the six-second video app into a camera app. The app will no longer feature comments, profiles, or followers. Dubbed Vine Camera, the app allows users to record six-second videos. Once they’re done recording, they can share to Twitter or save on your phone.

"Twitter first announced in October that it was going to shut down Vine. The announcement came days after Twitter announced that it was going to lay off 350 employees, and focus on some of its core initiatives," the report said.Read more: Samsung Considering LG For Making Batteries After the Galaxy Note 7 Failure

With the emergence of new platforms like Snapchat and video on Instagram, Vine lost its popularity.