A new TikTok update may completely transform your viewing experience. On Feb. 28, the firm announced an enhanced 10-minute video limit, which is a significant change from the prior three-minute limit. People have opinions about a move that might potentially make many TikTok videos three times longer than they are now. These tweets concerning TikTok’s new 10-minute time limit raise some concerns about the additional FYP time they didn’t request.
Matt Navarra (@mattnavara), a social media expert and analyst, revealed TikTok’s new 10-minute video restriction in a tweet on Monday, Feb. 28 — and the internet went crazy. In the tweet, Navara included a screenshot of an Account update from the TikTok app, which informs users that they can “Upload longer videos” up to 10 minutes long from their smartphones. Users should also make sure they’re using “the latest version of TikTok before trying out the feature” on the TikTok app or tiktok.com, according to the update.
“We’re excited to start rolling out the ability to upload videos that are up to 10 minutes,” a TikTok spokesman wrote in an email to Elite Daily, “which we hope would unleash even more creative possibilities for our creators around the world.” According to the spokesman, this follows an increase in the 3-minute duration limit in July 2021, and is the product of the company’s constant search for new methods to “enrich the TikTok experience.”
The 10-minute update is a significant change from TikTok’s initial video time limit. When TikTok first launched in September 2016, it had a 15-second duration limit, which was only enough time for a really brief film. The app subsequently grew to 60 seconds and then 3 minutes in length. Of course, with the 10-minute duration restriction increase on Feb. 28, there’s a chance the videos you view are more comparable to what you’d see on YouTube.
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