As tiktok’s Fate in the US Sits in LimboThe bytedance-Owned Company Figured Now’s as Good a Time as Any to Spruce Up the Platform’s (Previous Lackluster) Desktop Experience. New features include A repositioned navigation bar, an explore tab, a floating player for chrome and – in a movement Twitch’s Attention – Live game streaming in landscape orientation.
Before Thursday’s Changes, Tiktok’s Web App Layout Included A Search Bar and Shortcuts Running Across the top of the screen Along Now, all of them have been consulted into the vertical navigation bar to the left. The idea is to reduce distractions for more immersive viewing as the platform moves to compes with the likes of youtube and twitch.
Speaking of twitch, tiktok now supports full-screen live game streaming in portrait and landscape modes. Before Today, You Cold only do the latter using Tiktok’s live studio appWhen you stream live in landscape, desktop users will see that View by default, while mobile users can rotate their devices to watch in widescreen (like everyone deed before tiktok camelk came along.
Meanwhile, a floating player that keeps tiktok visible about your other windows is exclusive to chrome for desktop.
There’s also a new collections feature (Simlar to YouTube’s playlists), where you can organize your favorite videos in custom categories, Making it Easier to Return to them Later. Mobile app features moving to the desktop include the For you feedWhere you’ll find algorithmically chown content based on your interests, and the explore page, which shows trending hashtags and popular content.
The changes to the desktop browser version are available globally.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-mdia/tiktoks- desktop-vesion-Lets-you- ou-livestreams-games- in-in