Apple shuts down the Clips app

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00:00Apple Shuts Down the Clips App Apple has quietly hit the end credits on Clips,

00:05the quirky little video editing app it launched back in 2017.

00:09In a move that feels less like a dramatic finale and more like a slow fade out, the company

00:14confirmed that as of October 10, Clips has officially been pulled from the App Store.

00:20If you didn't already have it, you're out of luck.

00:22According to Apple's support page, existing users can still use Clips on current or older

00:27versions of iOS and iPadOS and even re-download it from their purchase history.

00:33But that's where the good news stops.

00:35The company won't be updating it anymore, meaning Clips will likely start to feel its

00:39age over time, like an iPhone 6 trying to run iOS 18.

00:43Apple gently suggests users save their videos to their photo library for safekeeping, which

00:47sounds suspiciously like we're done here.

00:50For those who missed its brief moment in the spotlight, Clips was Apple's cheerful attempt

00:54to tap into the Snapchat and Instagram Stories craze.

00:58It lets users mash together photos and videos, slap on emojis, filters, and even catchy background

01:03music, all without ever logging into a social network.

01:07TechCrunch described it as simple to a fault, a phrase that feels even more accurate in hindsight.

01:12Over the years, Apple tossed Clips a few updates, new filters here, some Animoji support there,

01:18but in recent times, it's mostly been bug fixes and silence.

01:23TechRumors noted that updates have been few and far between, hinting that the writing's

01:27been on the wall for a while.

01:29Meanwhile, Apple fans on Reddit collectively shrugged.

01:32Some hadn't heard of the app at all, others tried it once back in 2018 and promptly forgot

01:37it existed.

01:39And in today's AI-obsessed world, where tools like OpenAI's Sora can generate entire videos

01:44without touching a camera, a manually edited app like Clips feels quaint.

01:53So, I don't see it.

01:58I don't see it.

02:00I don't see it.

02:00But we would...

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