Byte will arrive in 2019 – and yes, he promises to do the same thing as Vine

Don Hofmann, best known for creating Vine – and then sold to Twitter – announced this week that his new application would arrive in 2019.

The new application, called Byte, will allow users to create short videos (repetitive) of short duration. If this sounds like the essence of Vine, it's because it's like that. Hofmann himself has confirmed that Byte is technically the second version of Vine, an application launched in 2012, sold to Twitter that year and closed in 2017 after the arrival of Snapchat and Instagram.

The launch of Byte Ce will be in the spring of next year, and surely at the approach of the launch window, Hofmann will give more details on the punctual release. Byte has a web page and you can register to receive information about the availability of the application.

Vine was a pioneer on the Internet. The application served as a catapult to various creators who now rule on other platforms. Designers such as Juanpa Zurita or Lele Pons started their careers at Vine, then migrated to YouTube or Instagram because they are platforms where brands invest and where it is possible to monetize their opinions through advertising. Vine has never offered the option to monetize, whether independently or under Twitter.

The other two founders of Vine, Colin Kroll and Sus Yusupov also had other projects. Both launched Hype in 2016 but the application went unnoticed. Subsequently, they both launched HQTrivia, an application that, unlike Hype, became famous and stayed there.