<s>
Huddles	B-Application
(	O
originally	O
V2	O
,	O
Byte	B-Application
,	O
and	O
later	O
Clash	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
American	O
short-form	O
video	O
hosting	O
service	O
and	O
social	O
network	O
where	O
users	O
can	O
create	O
looping	O
videos	O
that	O
are	O
between	O
2	O
–	O
16	O
seconds	O
long	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
led	O
by	O
Dom	O
Hofmann	O
as	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
Vine	B-Application
,	O
which	O
Hofmann	O
co-founded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
teased	O
as	O
v2	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
branded	O
as	O
Byte	B-Application
in	O
November	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
three-year	O
closed	O
beta	O
,	O
it	O
officially	O
launched	O
on	O
Apple	B-Application
's	I-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Store	I-Application
on	O
January	O
24	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Clash	B-Application
,	O
another	O
short-form	O
video	O
app	O
,	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
apps	O
thus	O
merged	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
one	O
called	O
Clash	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
re-named	O
to	O
Huddles	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Byte	B-Application
's	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Vine	B-Application
,	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
June	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Twitter	B-Application
in	O
October	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
underwent	O
a	O
staggered	O
update	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
systems	O
throughout	O
much	O
of	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
Vine	B-Application
app	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
by	O
Twitter	B-Application
in	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
disallowing	O
all	O
new	O
videos	O
to	O
be	O
uploaded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Vine	B-Application
homepage	O
was	O
made	O
into	O
an	O
archive	O
,	O
with	O
users	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
view	O
previously	O
uploaded	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vine	B-Application
co-founder	O
Dom	O
Hofmann	O
announced	O
in	O
December	O
2017	O
that	O
he	O
intended	O
to	O
launch	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
Vine	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
,	O
he	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
moving	O
forward	O
again	O
with	O
funding	O
and	O
a	O
team	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
new	O
"	O
Byte	B-Application
"	O
branding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
partner	O
program	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
August	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
byte	B-Application
team	O
announcing	O
that	O
they	O
"	O
will	O
be	O
using	O
this	O
time	O
to	O
take	O
everything	O
 [ they've ] 	O
learned	O
and	O
apply	O
it	O
toward	O
future	O
opportunities	O
and	O
programs	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Byte	B-Application
was	O
officially	O
launched	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
on	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
platforms	I-Application
in	O
over	O
40	O
countries	O
on	O
January	O
24	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
tagline	O
"	O
creativity	O
first	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
media	O
,	O
Byte	B-Application
has	O
been	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
direct	O
competitor	O
to	O
TikTok	B-Application
and	O
Likee	B-Application
,	O
similar	O
video	O
sharing	O
platforms	O
popular	O
with	O
teens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
26	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Clash	B-Application
,	O
another	O
short-form	O
video	O
app	O
,	O
would	O
be	O
acquiring	O
Byte	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
deal	O
was	O
finalized	O
the	O
following	O
month	O
,	O
with	O
both	O
apps	O
merging	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
one	O
called	O
Clash	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
months	O
of	O
beta	O
testing	O
,	O
Clash	B-Application
was	O
publicly	O
available	O
on	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
on	O
October	O
12	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
became	O
available	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
two	O
months	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Huddles	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
publish	O
videos	O
that	O
are	O
between	O
2	O
–	O
16	O
seconds	O
long	O
,	O
either	O
captured	O
through	O
the	O
app	O
or	O
previously	O
recorded	O
and	O
stored	O
on	O
their	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
to	O
other	O
social	O
media	O
platforms	O
,	O
Huddles	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
follow	O
other	O
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
accounts	O
automatically	O
follow	O
Huddles	B-Application
's	O
official	O
account	O
on	O
their	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
also	O
supports	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
"	O
like	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
rebyte	B-General_Concept
"	O
videos	O
(	O
Rebyte	B-General_Concept
functionality	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
