Google has a strong foothold in the advertising business, but its online presence is also helped by consumer-facing applications such as the Workspace suite of apps, Google Drive cloud storage, the Pixel range of phones, and YouTube. The latter is important because it is one of the most popular entertainment apps on Android, and certainly the largest one featuring user-generated video content. However, the platform’s recent focus has shifted to Instagram-like short format videos called Shorts, and we just spotted a new carousel promoting these clips.


