TikTok is a welcome pacifier for people looking to disconnect as our world careens towards the fiery abyss. However, the app has one major flaw standing in the way of total smooth-brained pleasures: you have to move your fingers when you want to see another video. Terrible, yes, but that nightmare may be ending. An upcoming AutoScroll feature will do the swiping for you, so you can finally sit back and pump content straight into your thick, gluttonous veins.
TikTok famously loops the video you’re currently watching in perpetuity. That can lead to disasters in situations where you set the phone down and start doing something like brushing your teeth (believe me, I have a few clips burned into my retinas forever). AutoScroll offers some respite. As the name implies, it disables the looping and automatically skips to the next video when the one you’re on is through. It’s a feature borrowed from YouTube, where users have been able to numb themselves with pretty flickering lights without lifting a finger since 2014.
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