TikTok plans to add a video-scrubbing thumbnail feature to its short-form video format so that users can skip to different parts of the videos instead of going through the whole content. Social media consultant Matt Navarra first spotted the feature; he tweeted, “TikTok added video scrubbing thumbnails! Makes it easier to find the bit you’re looking for in longer videos.”
FINALLY… TikTok added video scrubbing thumbnails! ??
Makes it easier to find the bit you’re looking for in longer videos
h/t my 13 year old daughter pic.twitter.com/DpyjNoz5dE
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) January 5, 2023
Video-Scrubbing Thumbnail Feature Only Available for the New Uploads
Upon a little bit of digging, it was found that the Video-Scrubbing thumbnail feature was only available for the newer uploads as it was not coming up on any of the old videos. TikTok offers the option of fast-forwarding the videos but adding Video-Scrubbing thumbnails will make the process of finding a specific part of the video much easier.
TikTok has been working on improving the user experience for quite a while which includes the addition of horizontal screen mode and Increasing the time of the video to 10 minutes; with the new feature TikTok wants to share a similar experience to YouTube audience where they can zoom in and scrub through the videos.
Horizontal Screen Viewing Experience
As TikTok started supporting long-form video content, it is just not possible to not talk about the viewing experience; to start off the horizontal screen viewing experience is a great way to attract clients and keep them on the platform. TikTok creators are now adding a “turn your phone” message at the start of a video to get users to fully enjoy the content that’s about to play if they recorded a video horizontally.
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