TikTok Sets Up New Feature for Infinitely Scrolling

TikTok launched a new feature to enable users to scroll indefinitely without getting stuck in the process, media reports announced on Friday.

“In the coming weeks, we’re introducing a tool to let people control how much time they spend on TikTok in a single sitting by enabling regular screen time breaks”, the company wrote in a blog post. “These prompts will remind people to take a break after a certain amount of uninterrupted screen time, which they can set as they choose.”

A new screen time dashboard will let users be aware of how much time they are spending on the video-sharing app. The new feature will provide summaries of their daily time spent on the app, the number of times they opened the app, as well as a breakdown of daytime and night-time usage.

“We’ll also be introducing weekly digital well-being prompts for younger members of our community. When someone aged between 13 and 17 has used the app for more than 100 minutes in a single day, we will remind them of our screen time limit tool the next time they open the app”, the company added.

Early this week, TikTok announced that it is rolling out a new feature that enables users to turn themselves into custom animated avatars in the style of Apple’s Memoji, Snapchat’s Bitmoji, and Meta’s Avatars.

The company pointed out that the feature is rolling out globally and accessible from the platform‘s camera alongside other various other effects.

In order to try the new feature on yourself; open the app, flip the camera to selfie mode, tap effects, and select the avatar effect. You can then either use a preset look or hit “new” to create a custom avatar.