{"id":2254,"date":"2026-07-09T08:41:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T03:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2026-07-09T08:41:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T03:41:29","slug":"tiktok-isnt-above-cloning-bereal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2254","title":{"rendered":"TikTok isn&#8217;t above cloning BeReal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-adroot=\"true\">\n<p>There comes a time in every gigantic, influential social platform\u2019s life when copying its smaller competition seems like a good idea. TikTok\u2019s time is today.<\/p>\n<p>The short-form video app\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.tiktok.com\/en-us\/introducing-tiktok-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"T3D\">new TikTok Now feature<\/a> \u2014 a standalone app in some regions outside the U.S. according to the company \u2014 recreates the dual camera experience of BeReal for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inputmag.com\/culture\/tiktok-has-reached-and-breached-1-billion-active-monthly-users\" class=\"T3D\">TikTok\u2019s over 1 billion users<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sWr iGR CEt\">\n<figure class=\"Qf5 E1M\">\n<div style=\"padding-top:40.9574%;\" class=\"vmZ F8Y ap2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgix.bustle.com\/uploads\/image\/2022\/9\/15\/b04950c7-84df-44e3-8fb4-4ba685aac1f3-8db45738818abe56feba84176d4c5df9.png?w=349&amp;h=143&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgix.bustle.com\/uploads\/image\/2022\/9\/15\/b04950c7-84df-44e3-8fb4-4ba685aac1f3-8db45738818abe56feba84176d4c5df9.png?w=349&amp;h=143&amp;fit=max 349w, https:\/\/imgix.bustle.com\/uploads\/image\/2022\/9\/15\/b04950c7-84df-44e3-8fb4-4ba685aac1f3-8db45738818abe56feba84176d4c5df9.png?w=349&amp;h=143&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2 698w, https:\/\/imgix.bustle.com\/uploads\/image\/2022\/9\/15\/b04950c7-84df-44e3-8fb4-4ba685aac1f3-8db45738818abe56feba84176d4c5df9.png?w=710&amp;h=291&amp;fit=max 710w, https:\/\/imgix.bustle.com\/uploads\/image\/2022\/9\/15\/b04950c7-84df-44e3-8fb4-4ba685aac1f3-8db45738818abe56feba84176d4c5df9.png?w=710&amp;h=291&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2 1420w\" sizes=\"(min-width:768px) 710px, 349px\" alt=\"The various screens of the new TikTok Now experience.\" class=\"uMj EdX\"\/><\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"TrI\">All the joys of BeReal in a new TikTok tab.<cite class=\"hW6\">TikTok<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><u>Time to now \u2014<\/u>  Like BeReal, TikTok Now uses the front and back camera to capture whatever you\u2019re looking at at a random time during the day (with a notification that tells you it\u2019s \u201cTime to Now\u201d). Posts from your friends are hidden until you post, and there is some concept of an \u201con time\u201d just like BeReal.<\/p>\n<p>The big wrinkle in TikTok\u2019s version is that you can opt to share a 10-second video instead of a still photo, because TikTok is a video app after all. Otherwise TikTok Now seems to be pound-for-pound a BeReal clone, only one that lives in a Now tab to the right of your Home feed.<\/p>\n<p><u>The tables have turned \u2014<\/u> There\u2019s nothing particularly surprising about one platform cloning another in 2022, but it is interesting that TikTok, a fast-growing social media app and creative suite that\u2019s inspired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inputmag.com\/tech\/meta-facebook-pivot-to-video-instagram-reels\" class=\"T3D\">Facebook and Instagram to completely upend how they work<\/a>, is the one doing the copying here.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-md-text-align=\"center\" class=\"rs0\"><p>\u201cTime to Now\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inputmag.com\/tech\/snapchat-dual-camera-feature-bereal-clone\" class=\"T3D\">Snapchat already has its own take<\/a> on a BeReal-style feature, and it turns out <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alex193a\/status\/1561803897118810121?s=20&amp;t=ZxvWCPeBE0hqkKjOEvk5rA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"T3D\">Instagram has experimented with something similar<\/a> called \u201cIG Candid\u201d in its journey to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inputmag.com\/tech\/instagram-reels-tanked-engagement-study-tiktok\" class=\"T3D\">turn itself into TikTok with Reels<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Everyone thinks it might be able to steal some of BeReal\u2019s thunder, an TikTok\u2019s just finally grown enough to have a go at it, too.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"fX2 rhF jIS\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There comes a time in every gigantic, influential social platform\u2019s life when copying its smaller competition seems like a good idea. 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