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 short set of replace notes noticed by TechCrunch. Tumblr TV first debuted as a GIF-finding function in 2015, however now it consists of video content material as nicely.
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Screenshot: Tumblr TV
In line with Tumblr, “New users will have this tab enabled by default in the third position, while existing users will have it available in the Dashboard Tabs configuration, if not already enabled.”
If you faucet the Tumblr TV tab, you’ll see a grid of movies and GIFs. When you faucet one, you may like, remark, repost, or share it, and once you’re able to see one thing else, you may swipe as much as transfer on.
In my very temporary 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 might be tempting to match Tumblr TV to TikTok, particularly in mild of its current shutdown, however proper now, it’s extra like scrolling a bunch textual content filled with GIFs.
