TikTok Rolls Out Group Chats With Up to 32 Users & Stickers in Direct Messages

Highlights

• TikTok is rolling out new direct messaging features .

• This includes “highly requested” group chats with support for up to 32 people.

• TikTok is bringing stickers to direct messages.

On TikTok, users can now send and receive messages to their friends.

The feature is useful for sharing fun videos with others.

TikTok also allows users to create group chats in the app.

These chats can have up to 32 people and won’t be available to teenagers between the ages of 13 and 15 for safety reasons.

The users can send videos without having to open a separate messaging app like WhatsApp or Messenger.

“TikTok inspires self-expression, providing an easy way to share authentic and relatable content. Group Chat harnesses this power, allowing you to create a shared viewing experience with friends, family, and communities. Watch, comment, and react together in real time, making every interaction more dynamic and connected,” the company said in a blog post.

To help users feel comfortable, users will have the option of muting and blocking users in a chat.

They can also report messages or the chat if the user has any problem .

Users can tap a Chat button at the top of the TikTok inbox and select the names of people they want to include, or they can tap Start Group Chat when sharing a post with several people.

Users in the 16-17 age bracket can only join a group chat if they have at least one mutual friend included.

If they create a group chat, they have to review and manually approve anyone new who joins.

Owner ByteDance notes that the new group chat feature “isn’t currently available everywhere,” but its support page does not provide further details on when that may change.

In addition to group chats, TikTok is also adding stickers to direct messages.

Anyone can create their own stickers through the new TikTok Stickers platform.

“Stickers provide fun and creative visual chat options that encourage the community to create and upload their own custom stickers for everyone to use.”

Users can now create and upload custom stickers to the platform for anyone to use.

This move by TikTok, the popular ByteDance-owned video-sharing app is to come at pace with other messaging platform like Whatsapp.

Faqs

What is the TikTok group chat feature ?

TikTok inspires self-expression, providing an easy way to share authentic and relatable content.

Group Chat harnesses this power, allowing you to create a shared viewing experience with friends, family, and communities.

Watch, comment, and react together in real time, making every interaction more dynamic and connected.

People can curate dedicated groups with up to 32 people through group chat and easily share their favorite videos.

How can stickers be customized & send in Dms on TikTok ?

TikTok is also adding stickers to direct messages.

Anyone can create their own stickers through the new TikTok Stickers platform.

What is TikTok’s Sound Search feature?

TikTok’s Sound Search is a tool that lets users find songs by singing, humming, or playing them.

It also displays popular videos that use the matched songs.

How do I use Sound Search on TikTok?

Open the TikTok app, go to the Search Tab, and tap the microphone icon to start.

Then, you can sing, hum, or play the song you want to find.

What else can Sound Search do besides finding songs?

Besides identifying songs, Sound Search can recognize popular TikTok sounds and memes, enhancing the app’s focus on video content.

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