TikTok’s wind-down immediate initially solely performed calming music to remind teenagers to take a break from the app at nighttime. It was additionally solely proven to teenagers below 16. However now, the prompts will embody meditation, too, and will likely be obtainable to adults who toggle on “Sleep Hours” from the Display screen Time settings web page as nicely.
Whereas testing its meditation function, TikTok says it discovered 98 p.c of customers below 16 saved it on after attempting it for the primary time. Teenagers can ignore the preliminary 10PM reminder, however the app will show one other full-screen immediate later that’s tougher to dismiss.
TikTok has till June nineteenth to divest its US operations or face a ban, however that hasn’t stopped it from attempting to deal with security considerations. In March, TikTok additionally launched a Time Away instrument that oldsters or caregivers can use to forestall their baby from accessing the app at sure instances.