What you need to know
- TikTok is preparing new parental controls to monitor teens’ screen time.
- Parents will soon have customizable daily screen time limits for their teens.
- Includes a new dashboard showing total time spent on TikTok and number of times it was opened.
- Sleep reminders are also coming to all users soon.
As TikTok continues to take the lives of many young people, TikTok is introducing new ways to help parents monitor their children and limit app usage.
In the coming weeks, all accounts registered to users under the age of 18 will default to a one-hour screen time limit, according to a TikTok press release. It explains that you can customize your daily screen time limit according to your needs (like vacation). According to TikTok, users under the age of 13 will automatically have this one-hour limit set for her, but a parent or guardian must enter a passcode to add another half hour for her. I have.
Plus, parents will soon find the new Screen Time dashboard in this next update. The dashboard shows information such as screen time used by children, how often they open TikTok, and a breakdown of day and night hours. The company cites research studies it has conducted because it wants to give parents as many tools as possible to guide their teens.
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The final feature allows parents to set a time to turn off TikTok notifications on their teen’s phone. This builds on an existing feature where a registered user can mute notifications for her 13 to 15 accounts at 9pm. The 16 year old and her 17 year old are automatically muted after 10pm.
These three new options have been added to Family Pairing, a parental control hub that parents can use to better manage what’s going on with TikTok on their teen’s phone. is added to
In addition to monitoring teenagers, TikTok adds sleep reminders to its platform. Users will be able to set a time to close TikTok for a good night’s sleep. At the time you set during the night, a popup will appear to alert the user that it’s time to close the app.
Upcoming new features, especially the new 60-minute customizable limit, are powered by TikTok’s new approach to encouraging healthier habits. The platform encourages the teen to set her 60-minute limit for herself, especially if the app spent more than 100 hours of her. However, if the teen refuses, parents can always set limits for themselves through Family Pairing.
TikTok’s new controls follow a similar move by competitor Instagram last year, introducing a way to limit and monitor teens using the platform, especially reels.
