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TikTok comments now support voice messages, polls, photo galleries and more

From La Nación · () Spanish

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  • TikTok is adding voice comments of up to 60 seconds, polls, photo carousels and real-time photos to its comments section.
  • Voice comments will roll out globally over the next month for users aged 18 and older, while polls are already available worldwide.
  • The changes build on a comments section where users share more than 1.7 billion comments each day.

TikTok is turning its comments section into a more varied space for conversation. Users can now respond with polls, while voice comments, photo carousels and real-time photos are being added beyond the traditional text reply.

The platform says people share more than 1.7 billion comments every day. TikTok describes the section as a place where people who do not know one another can connect in real time around the video they are watching.

Voice comments will let users record audio of up to 60 seconds by pressing the microphone icon in the comment box. Once posted, anyone will be able to listen to the message. TikTok says the feature will make comments a space that is not only read, but also heard. The global rollout is scheduled for the coming month and will be limited to accounts belonging to users over 18.

Not only read, but also heard.

· TikTokThe company used the phrase to describe how voice comments will change the comments section.

Polls are already available worldwide. Creators can add them to comments on their own videos, offer up to five choices and set how long the vote remains active. Results appear directly in the comments section, allowing creators to turn replies into a conversation with their audience.

Users can also add up to nine photos in a single comment through a carousel. TikTok is also introducing comments with real-time photos, expanding the ways people can illustrate and respond to videos.

A conversation with their audience.

· TikTokThe platform described polls as a tool that lets creators engage directly with viewers in comments.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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