TikTok is testing a brand new “watch historical past” function with some customers to permit them to search out movies that appeared on their “For You” web page that they didn’t have an opportunity to save lots of. Given the fixed stream of content material on TikTok, by accident refreshing your “For You” web page and dropping a video earlier than you’ve had an opportunity to “like” it’s a widespread drawback for customers. It appears that evidently TikTok is seeking to remedy this drawback with the addition of this attainable function.
When requested if the corporate plans to increase the check and roll out the function to extra customers, TikTok informed Avisionews in electronic mail that it doesn’t have extra to share on the check presently.
“We’re all the time fascinated about new methods to deliver worth to our group and enrich the TikTok expertise,” a TikTok spokesperson informed Avisionews, when reached for remark.
Twitter consumer Hammod Oh, who usually uncovers options which are at the moment being examined by social media platforms, first noticed the function, which was then highlighted by social media advisor Matt Navarra. Screenshots posted by Hammod Oh and other customers point out {that a} TikTok consumer’s watch historical past might be accessible within the “content material and exercise” part within the app’s settings.
The check comes as some TikTok customers have discovered workarounds to assist discover misplaced movies. Earlier this 12 months, TikTok consumer “rachforaday” posted a video that walks customers via the method of uncovering a misplaced video on the platform. The video instructs customers to go to the Uncover web page, click on search, enter an asterisk, go to the search filters tab and toggle the “watched movies” button. When you click on apply, you’ll get a listing of movies you’ve seen up to now seven days. The video has since gained immense traction and has been considered greater than 32 million occasions and has over 5.5 million likes.
This technique isn’t the one method that customers have uncovered misplaced TikTok movies. One other workaround walks customers via the method of downloading their whole information from the app to entry a zipper file that reveals their “video shopping historical past.”
TikTok’s watch historical past function ought to make the method of discovering misplaced movies so much easier and do away with the necessity for these workarounds.
