TikTok launches the first application to watch your videos on TV
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TikTok, the popular app for creating and sharing short videos, has been on everyone's lips for a few months now. First, due to the great growth of users that it had during the quarantine. There were many who, in those months in which little or nothing could be done, discovered the application and used it to spend those days locked up at home. And now because of the constant rumors of purchase by one of the big companies and because of Trump's ban.However, all these rumors have not made those responsible stop working and now have released a version of TikTok for Amazon Fire TV
Actually it is a version that they have called «More on TikTok«. The app has video playlists and mobile app compilations, an Amazon spokesperson has confirmed. It also includes interviews with the creators, along with other content specially designed to be viewed on TV, since it exceeds the one minute limit that the mobile application has.
Will a format designed for mobile work on the TV?
The launch of “More on TikTok” for the Amazon Fire TV is something of an experiment that seeks to determine if a video format created for mobile phones will work on television screens. According to TikTok's head of global marketing, they want to give users the ability to view the app's content in a different way
The "More on TikTok" app is for display only, so does not require any login or account information Not surprisingly, users cannot upload videos or exchange currencies through the TV app. Also, the app is free to use and ad-free, at least at launch.
The TikTok app for Fire TV includes two new categories These are «In the Studio », in which we find interviews with stars of the platform, and «This is TikTok», in which we can find her Videos from top creators.
According to Amazon, during the first six months of the year there was a sharp increase in the use of mobile TV applications such as Facebook Watch, Peloton, MasterClass and Audible.This was mainly because most people were at home. So the movement of TikTok could even be considered natural.
The “More on TikTok” app is now available for all Amazon Fire TV devices, but for now only in the U.S. To activate the application we can use the voice commands of the device, being able to use Alexa to launch the application without touching the remote.
Via | The Verge
