TikTok has begun experimenting with even longer-form content. A new test spotted in the wild enables longer five-minute TikTok video uploads for a small group of users.
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New TikTok privacy features for teens include notifications curfew
TikTok is bringing new privacy protections designed to make the app less likely eat into teenagers' sleep time, such as automatic notifications muting after 9pm and 10pm, and more.
TikTok is testing a Snapchat Stories clone
A new, unreleased TikTok Stories feature is currently in testing. Similar to Snapchat Stories and the like, it lets you add text, captions and music to a video to make it more immersive.
How to easily add narration to your TikTok videos with a synthetic Siri-like voice
Did you know about TikTok's text-to-speech feature? Follow these steps as we show you how to easily and quickly add narration to your videos with a Siri-like voice reading your text aloud.
How to toggle automatic video captions on TikTok (and edit them to fix any misspellings)
Follow this step-by-step tutorial to learn how to show or hide TikTok's auto captions in the official iPhone and Android app so you can also read what your favorite creators are saying.
How to jump forward and back on TikTok videos
TikTok used to lack playback control because it initially focused on short-form videos up to sixty seconds long. But with TikTok videos now up to three minutes long, the app's gained video navigation. Here's how to use TikTok's fast-forward and backward scrubbing control.
Instagram will adopt fullscreen, mobile-first content in response to TikTok and YouTube
You'll soon be able to share fullscreen Instagram content on the platform as Facebook works to make the service more like rival TikTok, according to Instagram's head Adam Mosseri.
Now everyone can publish videos on TikTok up to three minutes in length
The maximum supported TikTok video length has been extended from the existing one-minute limit to three minutes, with longer videos helping creators craft more engaging stories.
How to change your username and display name in TikTok on iPhone
TikTok is a popular video social networking service, which allows users to share short clips. Although it's been banned in some countries, millions of Americans still use the app. Several users have gained immense popularity and become influencers thanks to its reach. It is therefore important to have a good and easy to remember username on TikTok, specially if you've got a ton of followers.
TikTok’s promotion awards new Apple Music subscribers with four months of free service
If you don't have Apple Music yet and are a fan of TikTok, you can now get four months of free music by signing up for Apple's music-streaming service through the TikTok app.
Downloads of TikTok and WeChat in the U.S. set to be banned beginning September 20
TikTok has been marching towards a potential ban in the United States for weeks now. And unless something changes soon, that will come to pass in just a couple of days.
Walmart is teaming up with Microsoft to purchase TikTok
As August wraps up and we march inexorably towards September, TikTok's running out of time in the United States. But two companies may "save it" before the deadline.