TikTok is now testing an all-new “Sleep Reminders” feature that nudges its users when it is already their bedtime.
So if you spend a couple of hours doom scrolling on the video-sharing app, this new feature might help you avoid staying up all night.
The Chinese social network is now trying out a feature that alerts its users when it is time to take a doze off.
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In this photo illustration, the download page for the TikTok app is displayed on an Apple iPhone on August 7, 2020 in Washington, DC. On Thursday evening, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that bans any transactions between the parent company of TikTok, ByteDance, and U.S. citizens due to national security reasons.
TikTok ‘Sleep Reminders’ Feature
As per the latest report by Tech Crunch, some users of TikTok are now complaining that they have been losing a couple of hours merely checking out videos on the video-sharing service when they should have been resting.
The giant social media platform confirmed that it is now working on a sleep reminder feature. In fact, the Chinese firm has started testing out the feature to some of its users in various parts of the world.
It is worth noting that another video-sharing service, YouTube, already has a similar feature, which reminds its users of their supposed bedtime.
According to a story by The Verge, YouTube debuted its ‘bedtime reminders’ feature back in May 2020.
It lets its Android and iOS app users be reminded that they already have to go to bed instead of watching trending videos on the platform. It comes with a dismiss and snooze option when users want to sacrifice their sleep.
This time, TikTok appears to be following YouTube’s route by introducing a similar bedtime reminder feature.
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How TikTok ‘Sleep Reminders’ Feature Works
The Chinese social media service is now testing out the feature. So, we now have an idea of how it works ahead of its official rollout.
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Tech Crunch notes that the “Sleep Reminders” option is now available to select users of the social media platform. Users can set their preferred bedtime schedule on the app. From there, the feature should remind users when the time that they have set has arrived.
On top of that, TikTok is also silencing the app after users have slept. It means that push notifications will be turned off seven hours after the sleep time of its users. It should help users avoid further distractions.
For now, it is only available for select users as TikTok is still testing it out. Not to mention that changes might still come as the short-form video service figures out how they would go about it.
Given that, an entirely different version might see the light of day once it rolls out generally outside of the testing phase. By then, it should help users regain their sleep instead of doom-scrolling all night.
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