Tiktok today announced the launch of a new "Avatar" feature designed to help users show their personality in the app. The launch of this function makes tiktok the latest social media application to add avatar function, thus joining the ranks of snapchat, Facebook, instagram, etc.
Users can access the new avatar function by opening the tiktok camera, navigating to the effects section of the application, and clicking "tiktok Avatar". From there, you will see a panel with a template image. You can try the template avatar, or click "new" to create your own customized avatar. You can choose from a range of hairstyles, accessories , perforations and makeup to create your avatar. Tiktok said that the avatar functions it establishes are inclusive, from clothing to skin color and hair color to texture.
In addition, you can also try the voice effect of the avatar. By selecting the voice style and speaking into the microphone, you can give their avatar a new sound. Try different sound styles and choose your favorite one. Click on different sound styles to add or remove them from your avatar. Once you are satisfied with your avatar, you can start recording video. When you record a video, you can become your avatar because it mimics your movement and follows your gestures.
There is also a mini avatar option. You can select a avatar and add it to the video. You can adjust the size of the mini avatar and put it anywhere on the screen. Users can also choose to change the reaction of their mini avatar by clicking on different expressions displayed on the screen.
Tiktok said that it will continue to improve the avatar to ensure that the experience is representative of all users. The company noted that it plans to seek feedback from creators and listen to their communities. In addition to user feedback, tiktok is working with its creators to ensure that the feature is inclusive.
"We are pleased to see how people use avatars to express their creativity, continue to explore ways to bring avatars into more tiktok experiences, establish a space for self-expression throughout tiktok, and expand people's connection and creation in our global community," tiktok said in a blog post about the announcement.
Tiktok's new avatar can be compared with snapchat's bitmoji function, which has existed since 2016 and has been continuously updated in the past few years. In various updates, including bitmoji TV and users' ability to play their bitmoji in third-party games. The new function of tiktok is also similar to the avatar of meta, which is its response to bitmojis. Meta recently brought its avatar to instagram and launched updated avatars on Facebook and messenger. The company now also allows users to use the same avatar on all meta platforms, including VR.
Although avatar to animation is not a new way to play, the addition of tiktok will provide users with a new way to create content on the application. In addition to being a new way to express yourself, the avatar feature is also useful for those who do not want to appear in the video and want to remain anonymous.
TikTok avatar is being launched to all users around the world.