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LinkedIn is experimenting with a TikTok-style video feed in its app.

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LinkedIn revealed to TechCrunch on Wednesday that it is testing a new short-form video stream similar to TikTok. With this new test, LinkedIn joins a long list of major apps that have launched their own short-form video streams in response to TikTok’s popularity, including Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and Netflix.

LinkedIn’s Latest Experiment: TikTok-Style Video Feed for Professional Content

Austin Null, a strategy director at the influencer agency McKinney, discovered the feed first. Null shared a brief demonstration of the new feed on LinkedIn, which can be seen in the app’s navigation bar under the new “Video” option. When you tap the new Video button, you will be sent to a vertical feed of short movies, which you may swipe through. You can respond to a video by like it, leaving a comment, or sharing it. The corporation does not provide information regarding how the feed selects which films to show users.

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LinkedIn is experimenting with a TikTok style video feed in its app

The new feature is comparable to the vertical short-form video feeds found in other applications, but whereas other feeds contain a wide range of content from comedy to food videos, LinkedIn’s stream is clearly geared toward professions and professionalism. While it has always been possible to upload films on LinkedIn, the new dedicated feed is intended to increase engagement and discovery on the network by displaying bite-sized videos that users can rapidly skim through.

According to Microsoft-owned LinkedIn, videos are becoming one of its users’ preferred formats for learning from professionals and experts, thus the company is exploring a new way for users to discover relevant videos. Because the function is still in early stages of development, most users will not be able to use it right now.

The new feature’s release comes as many TikTok producers have built significant followings by offering advice and experiences on themes such as career growth, job hunts, and professional development. LinkedIn’s new feed would provide producers with a new platform to share their video material, perhaps reaching a larger audience. LinkedIn may eventually commercialize the stream in order to incentivize producers to upload their video content on the app.

Although the feature opens up new options for producers, some users may not perceive the new feed as a welcome addition to the app, since they may feel overwhelmed by the numerous short-form video streams available on popular apps.

Android 15 May Increase App Requirements and Disable Outdated Apps: Report

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The minimum OS requirement for applications is reportedly being raised from Android 6.0 to Android 7.1 with Android 15.

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Android 15 May Increase App Requirements and Disable Outdated Apps Report 

Android 15 May Block Apps on Older SDKs, Prompting Upgrade Concerns: Rumor

Some of the apps that are presently available on the Google Play Store or in third-party marketplaces may be blocked by Android 15, according to a report. There are rumors that Google will release its next iteration of Android operating system in the second half of 2024. On March 21, the Android 15 Developer Preview 2 was released, showcasing a number of new features. According to a rumor, Google may increase the minimum requirement for apps in the next operating system upgrade.

The software development kit (SDK) requirement was modified and is now compatible with a higher version, according to a report by Android Police. Google updates the Android ecosystem with new features and security controls with each new OS release. It does, however, allow developers ample time to catch up with the most recent needs. For example, on Android 14, developers are requested to target Android 6.0, also known as Marshmallow, which was made available in 2015.

That operating system was important because it made programs ask users’ permission before granting them crucial rights like access to the camera, contact book, call records, and other features. However, the report has since discovered that the Android 15 DP2 edition prevents the installation of apps on devices that are meant to run on the Android 6.0-based SDK 23. Rather, it is now requesting Android 7.1, or SDK version 24.

In an attempt to install an app that had not been updated to SDK 24, the report discovered that it could be installed and used with ease on an Android 14 smartphone. On the Google Pixel 8 Pro running Android 15 DP2, however, an error message stating “INSTALL FAILED DEPRECATED SDK Version” appeared during the trial. The OS displayed a warning stating that installing the software was hazardous, even when an effort was made to sideload it.

This notice is not new, and sideloading programs usually triggers it. The unexpected aspect, though, was that the software could not be installed and the Install anyhow option that appears later accomplished nothing. The results suggest that when Android 15 is made available to all users worldwide, apps that are still designed for Android 6.0 are probably going to stop functioning. Not many apps, it should be mentioned, aim for SDK 23 these days as developers strive to update their programs to the newest Android version.