Meta’s Edits App Adds Advanced Editing Tools

Meta’s mobile editing tool Edits has just received a significant upgrade, with the addition of new creative and audio-editing features designed to help users make more polished and flexible videos. The changes include enhanced masking tools, smarter audio controls, and a stylised new font inspired by Stranger Things.

Masking functionality – which lets creators overlay and layer clips – is now more powerful. Users can animate mask shapes and their properties, enabling smooth transitions, spotlight effects, or custom clip reveals. These tools help build more dynamic edits and sharpen focus within complex video layouts. On the audio side, Edits now supports “volume ducking,” meaning background music automatically lowers when speech or voice-overs are detected. This helps ensure spoken content remains clear without manual volume juggling, making it easier for creators to blend music and voice seamlessly.

Perhaps most eye-catching is the new “Stranger Things” font – added to coincide with the TV series’ final season. This gives creators a creative tool to tap into pop-culture hype, especially useful for themed content or promotional clips in the upcoming holiday period.

These additions build on Edits’ earlier foundation. Launched globally in April 2025 as a standalone app for mobile video creation and editing, Edits was conceived as a competitor to apps like CapCut. It provides creators with a full video-creation suite: clip-level editing, green-screen support, AI-powered animations, and seamless export functionality to social platforms, including Instagram and Facebook.