Twitter‘s video app, Vine, will live on as a simpler tool for the micro-messaging service.
Twitter caused an uproar among Vine’s loyal users seven weeks ago when it said it would shut down the app, which plays six-second videos in an infinite loop.
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Twitter said in a blog post Friday that the app will be renamed “Vine Camera” and will let users post the looping videos they make to Twitter or save them to a phone’s camera roll. Vine users will be able to link to a Twitter account so their followers can find them there.
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Users can also now download videos they have made from Vine’s website and the existing app, until the new version comes out. Vine Camera will be available in January.
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