TikTok rolls out photo slideshow feature to rival Instagram
Social media platform TikTok, best known for its short videos, has gradually rolled out a photo slideshow feature in recent weeks that could rival Instagram’s long-running photo carousel feature.
The feature, called "photo mode", is available in most regions globally including Singapore and it allows TikTok users to share multiple still images in a single post, along with captions of up to 2,200 characters.
In September, TikTok raised its caption character-count limit from 300 to 2,200, bringing it on par with Instagram’s caption limit.
The new photo posts may also contain music that users can add to give a soundtrack to the images, TikTok said in an Oct 7 post on its official website.
A photo slideshow post as seen on TODAY's TikTok account.
Users may watch the images in a "photo mode" post that automatically displays one image after another, or swipe through them at their own pace.
