Line’s Vine-like feature is now a standalone app

Japanese messaging company Line is continuing to focus on multimedia apps after it made SnapMovie, a Vine-like feature that is part of its chat app, into a standalone download. The app is initially available for Android devices only. The SnapMovie feature was added to Line’s messaging app — which has nearly 500 million registered users worldwide — last year, and its standalone release comes just a month after Line launched an iOS app for selfies. Originally SnapMovie recorded videos of up to 10 seconds, but Line has now extended that to 30 seconds. That aside, the features are essentially the same: you tap the screen to record, while you can add filters and even background music to alter the final video. The standalone app also lets you add ‘motion titles,’ which essentially allows you to annotate your creations with whatever words or phrases you wish.