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TikTok now lets you adjust video playback speed

TikTok joins YouTube and Twitter as apps with more speed option so users can churn through content faster

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 07 Apr 2023 11:00AM

TikTok now lets you adjust video playback speed
On TikTok, users can now adjust the playback speed of the videos they watch. – ETX pic, April 7, 2023

AFTER YouTube and Twitter, it's TikTok's turn to embrace the latest feature of the moment on social networks, offering users the option of speeding up or slowing down content.

Patience is a virtue not often found on social networks. With so much content available and so many platforms, users have fast access to the information they're looking for. So much so that now, they want everything, right away. And social networks have understood this.

On TikTok, it's now possible to speed up or slow down a video. With a long press on the content in question, the 'playback speed' feature becomes available, offering four options: the normal speed, accelerated to 1.5x or 2x, as well as slowed down to 0.5x.

In addition to this feature, TikTok also offers the possibility of activating automatic content scrolling. This way, users won't need to scroll manually to see the next video.

The Chinese platform is not the first to offer different playback speeds for its videos. YouTube already offers viewing at 0.25x, 0.5x, 0.75x, Normal (the default), 1.25x, 1.5x, 1.75x and 2x.

Similarly, Twitter decided to test this feature on its videos in February 2022. Now, users can choose up to eight playback speeds: x0.25, x0.5, x0.75, 1 (the default normal speed), x1.25, x1.5, x1.75 and x2. – ETX Daily Up, April 7, 2023

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