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(Pocket-lint) – Another day, another new feature from TikTok. Called TikTok Now, it’s particularly interesting because it’s a clone of BeReal, another app that’s actively distracting TikTok. Additionally, TikTok just made TikTok Now its own app to download and use. Here’s everything you need to know.
What is TikTok Now?
In September 2022, TikTok launched a new feature which is basically a copy of BeReal, the popular French social app.
BeReal prompts users to take a picture with the front and back camera at a random time each day so they can showcase or capture a more realistic view of their day. TikTok Now works very similarly. TikTok Now invites “you and your friends to capture what you’re doing in the moment using your device’s front and back camera.” You’ll get a daily notification prompting you to capture a video or photo to quickly share what you’re up to.
A week after the launch of TikTok Now, TikTok rolled out the feature as a standalone mobile app in global markets outside of the US, primarily on iOS.
How does TikTok Now work?
TikTok Now, the feature
TikTok Now, the feature, is available for US users. In the press images, you can see that “Now” has landed in the bottom navigation bar, next to the publish button. Tap the “Now” button (lightning bolt icon) to bring up an exploration thread of TikTok Nows — or, as TikTok puts it, “a daily experience of photos and videos” — of “the people who count the more”. You’ll also receive a daily prompt to capture a 10-second video or static photo to easily share what you’re up to.
TikTok Now has certain privacy features. First, users must be 18 to share their TikTok Now posts on the explore feed. For users aged 13-15, only your friends (people you follow and who follow you back) will be able to comment on your posts. Even for users aged 18 or over, the default setting only allows their friends to see their posts, although they can change their settings to share them with the public.
TikTok Now, the app
TikTok said it will experiment with TikTok Now over the next few weeks.
In regions other than the United States, TikTok Now is available as a new TikTok Now app. This app is very similar to the TikTok Now experience currently integrated into the TikTok app in the United States. But, as a separate mobile app that you have to download to use it, it lets users choose to receive push notifications for check-ins – handy if you prefer only TikTok app notifications. are silent but want to be alerted of new Nows. Remember that BeReal alerts its users via push notification, letting them know it’s “BeReal time” with alert emojis. TikTok Now’s notification is similar, letting users know it’s “Time to Now” with lightning bolt emojis.
If someone under the age of 16 signs up for the standalone TikTok Now app, their account will be private by default. Otherwise, the privacy features of TikTok Now are the same for app and functionality.
Where is TikTok Now available?
TikTok Now iOS app is available in the following regions: Myanmar, Bulgaria, Pakistan, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Germany, Qatar, Poland, Belgium, New Zealand, Guatemala, Austria, Bahrain, South Africa, Finland, Ghana , Czech Republic, Vietnam, Greece, Ireland, Azerbaijan, Israel, Nigeria, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Algeria, Malaysia, Sweden, Italy, Morocco, Lebanon, Mexico, Denmark, Egypt, Dominican Republic and Romania.
An Android version of the TikTok Now app is also available in Bermuda.
The TikTok Now feature is only available in the United States.
Is using TikTok Now free?
Yes, the feature is free in the TikTok app, and the standalone mobile app is also free.
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Will TikTok add TikTok Now outside of the US?
TikTok hasn’t said at this time if the feature will launch in the TikTok app outside of the US.
Anything else to know?
Check out Pocket-lint’s guides on TikTok to learn more about the app:
We also have a guide on BeReal:
Written by Maggie Tillman.
