Tumbler has lastly launched Tumblr TV as a brand new tab on the high of its app, the corporate mentioned as we speak in a quick set of replace notes noticed by TechCrunch. Tumblr TV first debuted as a GIF-finding function in 2015, however now it contains video content material as nicely.
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In line with Tumblr, “New customers can have this tab enabled by default within the third place, whereas current customers can have it accessible within the Dashboard Tabs configuration, if not already enabled.”
While you faucet the Tumblr TV tab, you’ll see a grid of movies and GIFs. When you faucet one, you possibly can like, remark, repost, or share it, and while you’re able to see one thing else, you possibly can swipe as much as transfer on.
In my very transient testing, it’s nonetheless very GIF-heavy regardless of the inclusion of video and a swipe interface much like different short-form video apps.
It may very well be tempting to match Tumblr TV to TikTok, particularly in gentle of its current shutdown, however proper now, it’s extra like scrolling a gaggle textual content stuffed with GIFs.