Users of TikTok frequently express frustration that they spend too much time on the app, particularly at night.
The company is testing new sleep reminders in an effort to address these concerns. These new sleep reminders include the option to set up alerts when it's your bedtime and the option to mute notifications during the recommended seven hours of sleep. Both of these options can be found in the settings menu.
On Friday, TikTok confirmed to journalists that the new sleep reminders are currently being tested with a restricted group of users from all over the world.
Screenshots that were distributed by a company called Watchful.ai, which specializes in product intelligence, show that the new function can be found in the app's settings for "screen time."
Users who are participating in the test will notice a new "sleep reminders" option being made available to them.
You will be able to "know if you hit your sleep time on TikTok to help you get to bed when you want to," according to the app's description of its sleep reminders. Following your selection of a sleep time, you will receive a notification prompting you to quit the application when the clock approaches that time.
TikTok will also silence any push messages for a period of seven hours following the time you set for when you go to sleep. This is done to help you avoid becoming distracted.
According to a representative for the firm, TikTok is constantly working on new methods to promote the well-being of its consumers, and that this new tool builds on the digital well-being elements that it already offers.
Since the initial release of tools for managing screen time in February 2020, the app has continued to add new capabilities with the intention of providing users with further discretion over how they use the application.
The firm released an in-app tool in June of 2018 to assist users in keeping track of how much time they spend on TikTok in a single session. The tool enables users to set frequent screen-time breaks at certain intervals.
It suggests break reminders of either 10, 20, or 30 minutes by default, but users can create reminders for a specific time if they wanted to engage in either longer or shorter sessions before being displayed the message. By default, it suggests break reminders of either 10, 20, or 30 minutes.
Additionally, teen accounts on the app have access to restricted nighttime notification settings.
Users in the 13-15 age range will no longer receive push notifications as of 9 p.m., and users in the 16-17 age range will no longer receive push notifications as of 10 p.m.
Numerous psychological studies have focused on the addictive aspect of TikTok because of its unparalleled capacity to divert and engage users through its cutting-edge recommendation technology.
As a consequence of this, it should not come as a surprise that TikTok is now testing additional features that are intended to provide consumers a greater degree of control over how they use TikTok.
It is uncertain if or when TikTok plans to officially push out the sleep reminders function to a more widespread audience; this is true for all other test features as well.