TikTok Adds Instagram-Like Features: photos, longer-captions, etc.

TikTok’s given Instagram a “taste of its own medicine,” so to speak.

Instagram has been copycatting TikTok’s features, one after the next:  video formats, algorithmic adjustments, and more. Well, recently TikTok’s returned the favor with a couple of its own, notable updates.

1. TikTok Post Caption/Description Character Count: the platform has raised the limited number of characters from 300 to 2,200 – which, coincidentally, is the same as rival, Instagram. Go figure.

2. TikTok Photo-Mode: upload still images/photos (instead of strictly video media) and post. Thees are NOT TikTok Stories. That’s a different feature. You’re able to overdub background music and you can even upload multiple photos whereby viewers can swipe through comparable to Instagram carousel/gallery posts.