Welcome to yet another weekly
app roundup!
This week we’ve got quite a couple of things in store
for you:
TikTok has officially announced the creation of protocols to protect
users from infinitely scrolling, Snapchat is launching a premium service called
“Snapchat Plus”, Amazon is going testing the waters with
augmented reality (AR) powered “Try before you buy” features on its iOS App and WhatsApp is finally
increasing its privacy options for its users.
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TikTok combats
endless scrolling
TikTok has launched a number
of new features aimed to keep you from sinking into its unending feed of
seductive short-form movies. After utilizing the app for an extended,
user-defined amount of time, a new tool will display a reminder, adding a new
protection to current daily limitations. If a teen (aged 13 to 17) spends more
than 100 minutes on the app in a single day, they will be encouraged to utilize
the screen time restricting tool.
TikTok is also introducing a new screen-time
dashboard, which displays an overview of app usage. Statistics include the
number of times the app has been used, a split of daytime and evening usage,
and a daily counter for the amount of time spent in the app.
TikTok’s new capabilities follow the addition of
similar options to other apps such as Instagram and Netflix to help users
manage the time they spend on them. App limitations are also supported by
Apple and Google on iOS and Android. They’re useful enhancements for businesses with
advertising-based revenue models that can motivate users to pay attention.
SnapChat rolls out
premium membership service
Snap is conducting internal
experiments for a premium membership called Snapchat Plus, which will
reportedly provide users with early access to features as well as other
capabilities.
Snap is also
testing other features for Snapchat Plus, including the ability to pin one of
your friends as your “#1 BFF” (which sounds like a recipe for drama — MySpace
made it the top eight for a reason), change the Snapchat icon, and see who
rewatches your stories. It has also been hinted that the current pricing for
Snapchat Plus is about 5.5 JD per month.
Snap isn’t the only
social network or messaging
platform working on a paid layer; Telegram has stated that it’s working on a
premium membership as well, which will be available later this month, and
Twitter introduced its Blue service late last year.
Many free applications have had to reevaluate how
they generate money after Apple introduced a privacy option for adverts with
iOS 14.5, letting users to turn off ad monitoring on an app-by-app basis.
Amazon launches
AR-powered features
Amazon stated in a blog post
that iOS users may now digitally try on shoes. Customers in the US and Canada
may try on shoes from companies such as New Balance, Adidas, and Reebok.
Customers can just aim their camera at their feet
and click through a range of shoes to see how they look from various angles in
this virtual try-on. The instrument, however, cannot be used to determine shoe
size. While the new function is now only available to
iOS users with an iPhone
7 or later, Amazon announced in a blog post that it will be available to
Android consumers shortly.
Amazon introduced an in-app augmented reality
function in 2017 that allowed consumers to see how a piece of furniture would
appear in their home. Consumers could put on cosmetics in the app thanks to a
relationship with L’Oréal, and an AR feature allowed customers preview how
haircuts and hair colors might look.
WhatsApp is
expanding its privacy choices
WhatsApp is introducing new
privacy settings to grant you greater control over who sees what information
about your profile on the social media platform.
The improvements will allow you to control who sees
your profile image, “about” information, status, and “last seen” time. You set
whitelists and/or blacklists for who can see each piece of information.
This allows you to
either remain fully private or create a contacts list of individuals you trust
sufficiently to share your information with, which is a good improvement for
those who felt WhatsApp was a little too liberal in how it shared information.
The additional choices should be available in the
app’s settings menu under Account > Privacy on the most recent version of
the app.
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