Instagram has added a new video feature, 2 years in the making, that could quite possibly weed out Vine. The new feature rolled out on Thursday offers video stabilization and up to 15 second video clips, Vine will only get you about 6 seconds of bumpy video.

According to Geeky Gadgets Instagram has been trying to maintain that it’s been working on its video option for a few years, but the timing and method of operation is just too perfect for this not to be a direct response to Vine. After all, why Vine if you can make a better, longer video on Instagram and instantly post it to Facebook? Why bother with two apps when you can do it all with one? Why make a 6 second video instead of a 15 second video?



It won’t likely cause Vine to disappear overnight, but Instagram’s new feature is sure to draw some people away from it. Do you think Instagram will reign supreme, or will Vine find a way to stick around?