Are you ready for you ready for everything to look like TikTok?
But if tests running abroad are any indication, the TikTok-ification of social media might finally be reaching its fullest form.TechCrunch reports that some users in India are getting a Facebook test that, upon opening the app, drops them directly into an immersive, full-screen video feed. Meta hinted that this “experience” would be coming to “video-heavy countries” first, followed by a potential US expansion in 2027. At the same time, Romania-based app researcher Radu Oncescu noticed an option on Instagram to have Reels be the first thing a user sees when they open the app.
- ▪But if tests running abroad are any indication, the TikTok-ification of social media might finally be reaching its fullest form.TechCrunch reports that some users in India are getting a Facebook test that, upon opening the app, drops them d
- ▪Meta hinted that this “experience” would be coming to “video-heavy countries” first, followed by a potential US expansion in 2027.
- ▪At the same time, Romania-based app researcher Radu Oncescu noticed an option on Instagram to have Reels be the first thing a user sees when they open the app.
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