Based on images from the company that provides product intelligence Watchful.ai, the platform is currently testing the “sleep reminder” feature that’ll notify users of the time it’s bedtime and then turn off notifications for seven hours that follow, TechCrunch reports..
Users are able to choose what they are ready to go to bed and, based on the appearance of whenever the “hey, go to bed” notification appears you can decide to change their time of bed (a quite “just five more minutes, Mom!” feel) or shut down the TikTok app, hoping to prevent the user from becoming entangled in the endless stream of addictive content.
TikTok said to TechCrunch that the new feature is currently being test using “select users” around the world.
As with all test features there is a chance that sleep reminders will not be rolled into their present format or in any way. However, if they’re rolled out, they’ll join the gradually growing set of features for managing screens such as ones that remind customers to break, and one that prevents users 13-15 from receiving notifications from the app in the evening. TikTok offers screen control and general account security features targeted at parents as well.
A TikTok spokesperson spoke to TechCrunch it is TikTok is constantly looking for ways to improve its support for users’ health and wellbeing.
TikTok has also tried an option on the opposite screentime spectrum, dubbed ” clear mode,” which eliminates descriptions of the video and buttons for interfaces, leaving only the video that the user is currently watching. It could also make it easy for users to become lost when you swipe.
