Your TikTok habits might fluctuate, however I’ve generally pulled myself out of a fugue of prolonged viewing, hopping and looking on the social app, barely recalling what I simply spent quarter-hour doing. For me, and presumably you, a brand new watch-history characteristic might provide some perception to precisely what we’re losing our time on.

According to Hammond Oh, TikTok is testing a watch-history instrument to indicate you an inventory of movies that beforehand appeared in your For You feed, making it simpler to rediscover clips (and creators) you could have not appreciated or adopted.

There are different methods to hunt out your TikTok watch historical past, however they’re not precisely straightforward to make use of. One methodology includes navigating to the Discover web page, tapping search, coming into an asterisk and toggling on the “watch videos” possibility within the search filters tab. As is the case with random characteristic checks on TikTok, Instagram and others, this won’t make its strategy to all customers, however keep watch over your For You feed — simply in case.

— Mat Smith

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This follows the drama with Joe Rogan’s podcast.

Spotify has lastly acted on its promise so as to add a COVID-19 content material advisory label. You’ll now see a tab for a COVID-19 Guide if you go to podcasts and different content material discussing the coronavirus. Tap it and you will go to a bit that factors you to authoritative sources (such because the World Health Organization and the UK’s National Health Service) in addition to reliable content material from the likes of The Guardian and the BBC.

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