Better video for mobile phones is now possible for YouTube users, who now have the option of applying Instagram-like effects on their videos. The new editing feature enables image stabilization, cropping and many other effects which are simple for anyone to apply. The advanced stabilization feature can go a long way towards removing the annoying shaking from video uploads. This will help immensely in making mobile phone amateur video footage a lot more watchable.

However, in the past this technology has needed a lot of system resources to operate. The latest version from Google engineers, however, takes a new approach which is much less resource intensive. It will be featured on the YouTube video page under a button called "Edit Video". Users will find a verity of filters and other editing tools which they can apply to their videos prior to upload.