X wants to keep your video edits in-house, and it’s starting with captions and custom backgrounds

X is giving creators on iOS a reason to stop reaching for third-party apps every time they want to polish a clip. The company just announced a redesigned Video Editor and Recorder, introducing tools creators have been asking for since before the platform even carried the X name. The launch closely follows X’s renewed push into live video, where the company introduced a new Live Studio hub and dangled a million-dollar creator payout to get more people streaming on the platform.

Captions and custom backgrounds built-in

The new video editor lets users overlay captions directly onto their videos in multiple languages, then adjust how those captions look before posting. X has also added a green screen tool that swaps a video’s background using photos or posts pulled straight from a creator’s camera roll. Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, announced the update in a recent post, saying users have been requesting these features for a long time.

Both additions close a real gap, as creators who wanted multilingual captions or a clean background swap previously had to rely on separate video editing apps before sharing the finished file on X. Building those tools into the iOS app itself removes friction and could prompt more casual users to post videos on the platform.

More updates are on the way

Bier said the company plans to keep expanding the video editor in the coming weeks, though he did not detail what’s next. Given how X has been building out its creator tools lately, from Live Studio to in-app editing, the latest update serves as another step toward Elon Musk’s long-stated goal of turning X into an everything app.

Whether that’s enough to pull users away from dedicated editing apps depends on how well X keeps its promise to ship more features.