Sliding Back To Competing Social Media, TikTok Is Now Testing The Snapchat-like Stories Feature

TikTok really wants to bring Snapchat features and shift other social media markets

JAKARTA - TikTok really wants to bring Snapchat-like features and shift other social media markets in its app. The company is now piloting a Snapchat-style Stories feature that reaches more users.

"Currently, we are expanding the pilot, which gives content creators additional formats to bring their creative ideas to life for the TikTok community," said TikTok.

Latest info, If you are a trial user of this feature, you will be greeted with a new pop-up message when you launch the app encouraging you to create Stories.

This new feature is easy to use, similar to how to take a photo or video for standard TikTok features, with the same editing tools, effects, filters, and sounds.

However, unlike regular TikTok videos, Stories will not appear directly on your profile or feed and will disappear after 24 hours.

Apart from that, users can also see how many people viewed their story. However, unlike Snapchat, users cannot see who is viewing it.

It's just that other users can like Stories and leave public comments, whereas on Snapchat, commenters can only reply to Stories directly via private messages.

Despite adopting Snapchat-style features, TikTok is missing a key feature that Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp, and others also offer. That feature doesn't have a Stories scroll bar from followed accounts.

Now the only way to view TikTok Stories is to view the profile picture circled in blue on the video being watched. Tap it, it will immediately open the Stories feed for that user. The same blue circle will also be visible when visiting the profile.