TikTok is making \u201cbig push\u201d into gaming starting with new minigames Unsplash: \u00c1rp\u00e1d CzappAccording to new reports, TikTok is set to make a \u201cbig push\u201d into gaming, starting with new minigames that users will be able to play on the video-sharing app. ByteDance-owned TikTok is one of the biggest social media platforms out there right now, with millions of users and a huge amount of content being uploaded on a daily basis. While it was originally known as an app for lip-syncing and dance videos, in the years since it first launched the community has grown so large that you can find just about every type of video on the platform, including comedy, fashion, beauty, fitness, and more. The app has been adding new features on a constant basis over the years, including the relatively recent addition of the \u2018stories\u2019 feature. Now, according to a new report from Reuters, TikTok is set to make a \u201cmajor push\u201d into gaming. According to the outlet\u2019s sources, TikTok has been conducting tests in Vietnam so that users are able to play games from within the app on their devices. While the app is reportedly set to start off with minigames \u201cwhich tend to have simple gameplay mechanisms and a short playing time,\u201d their ambitions go beyond just that. A TikTok representative told Reuters: \u201cWe\u2019re always looking at ways to enrich our platform and regularly test new features and integrations that bring value to our community.\u201d TikTok has experimented with games in the app previously, such as the \u2018Garden of Good\u2019 game in 2021, and users of the Chinese version of TikTok, Douyin, have had games since 2019. With the tests starting in Vietnam, it\u2019s not clear how long it will take for more games to be introduced to other countries, but if the trials go well, users could find themselves spending more time on TikTok than ever before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikTok is making \u201cbig push\u201d into gaming starting with new minigames Unsplash: \u00c1rp\u00e1d CzappAccording to new reports, TikTok is set to make a \u201cbig push\u201d into gaming, starting with new minigames that users will be able to play on the video-sharing app. ByteDance-owned TikTok is one of the biggest social media platforms out there right […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}