TikTok launches Local Feeds in the US

TikTok announced connected Wednesday that it’s launching “Local Feeds,” an opt-in characteristic that uses precise GPS location information to create a provender of localized content, akin to the “Nearby Feeds” that launched successful the UK and Europe successful December.

This is the first caller characteristic introduced for US users since TikTok officially came nether caller ownership past month. The caller US type of the app sewage disconnected to a bumpy commencement erstwhile it faced a awesome outage that TikTok says was owed to a “cascading systems failure.”

The caller localized feeds for US users will see “local contented related to travel, events, restaurants and shopping, arsenic good arsenic posts from mini businesses and section creators.” Local Feeds will beryllium turned disconnected by default and aren’t disposable to users who are nether 18. TikTok USDS says the precise location search utilized for the characteristic is “only progressive erstwhile the app is successful use.” Users who take to move connected their Local Feed will spot it arsenic a tab successful their location surface successful the app.