TikTok Stories, available to more users

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Last summer TikTok announced that it was conducting a pilot program to launch its own Stories, content that disappears within 24 hours of publication. After several months testing this new function, now the Chinese social network has made public that as of today will make those Stories available to a larger group of users. Those chosen to test this tool will see, when opening TikTok, a banner encouraging them to create a Story.

TikTok Stories are a lot like feed posts, only they automatically disappear after 24 hours.

As the company recalls, it is still a pilot experiment and not the definitive toolto. TikTok has not clarified what criteria it has followed to choose which users are part of this program. Nor has it given too many clues about what these Stories will look like once they are finally installed in the app.

The process for adding a video or photo to a Story is very similar to making a regular TikTok post. Thes sound and editing tools, effects and filters are identical in both cases. The only difference between feed posts and Stories is that Stories don’t appear on your profile and are automatically deleted after 24 hours.

TikTok Stories

There is a small difference between the presentation of Stories on TikTok and on other social networks such as Facebook, Snapchat or WhatsApp. In the case of the Chinese social network, there is no scroll bar that allows you to navigate between the Stories of a user’s contacts. However, from what has been seen in the latest tests, it seems that the company is developing a vertical window that would fulfill this task.

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The way to create the Stories is similar to that of other platforms. From the navigation bar, on the left of the screen you can press the camera button to create the story. Effects, music and filters can be added later.

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