TikTok announced today the launch of its new Time and Well-being space for its users. This new update introduces a range of features designed to help TikTok users build mindful digital habits. This initiative underscores the platform’s commitment to fostering a positive and balanced online experience.
While emphasizing safety and Community Guidelines, TikTok has been expanding its features that include its recently enhanced Family Pairing features and the ability to pause teens’ access with the Time Away feature. This year, TikTok also introduced a meditation feature for teens to support them as they wind down at night. And now TikTok provides more experiences for its users with dedicated tools to practice mindfulness, find relaxation, and develop healthier digital habits.
Building Positive Digital Habits
Across Bangladesh, people use TikTok to discover interests and connect with communities such as #JournalTok and #NatureTok. Now the new feature, ‘Time and Well-being’, makes it easier than ever for the community to relax and unwind. It replaces the previous screen time management page and offers new features, including:
An affirmational journal, allowing people to set their intention for the day, with more than 120 different affirmation cards to download or even share with others.
A soothing sound generator, featuring the sounds of rain, waves, and white noise. Survey data shows that people who use TikTok are 14% more likely than non-users to listen to music to help them sleep or relax*.
Breathing exercises, featuring different types of mindful breathing
More Digital Well-being and Mindful Experience
TikTok is rolling out the new Time and Well-being space with the launch of four new Well-being Missions. These are a series of short, engaging missions designed to help people develop long-term balanced digital habits. As people complete missions, they earn badges that encourage and reinforce mindful behaviors.
The features include an eight-week Sleep Hours Mission where users can grow a virtual ‘Well-being tree, a daily screen time badge for staying within set limits, and a weekly mission to check screen time reports to review time spent on the platform.
Users can also invite their friends to participate to experience these features through the Well-being Ambassador Mission feature.
By completing these missions, users earn digital badges that reward and reinforce their mindful engagement. These missions were developed with insights from the Digital Wellness Lab, TikTok research, and feedback from its Youth Council. Space emphasizes positive reinforcement over restrictions. Research shows two-thirds of teens find tools for managing digital time useful.
Helping more people engage with the time and well-being space
The aim is to make the new time and well-being space more accessible and visible to the community. TikTok plans to roll out more features to make these tools an active part of everyday use, which includes exploring how else the platform can integrate them across the TikTok experience.
Additional Part:
“It’s very encouraging to see TikTok integrate Youth Council feedback into meaningful well-being tools. These new features will definitely help young people manage their screen time and use the platform more intentionally..”
– Dr. Vicki Harrison, Member of TikTok’s Content Advisory Counsel and Program Director for Stanford Psychiatry’s Center for Youth Mental Health & Wellbeing
TikTok listened to teen voices, including our Youth Council, and research which showed that two-thirds of teens say that tools to help manage their time on digital media are useful.
“Introducing Time and Well-being features on TikTok app is the initiative that we need for today’s digital space. This project from the TikTok Youth Council is now addressing the critical need for digital balance, giving teens and adults easier ways to manage their well-being online.”
– Tomáš Čermák, 19, TikTok Youth Council member
TikTok aims to integrate these resources intuitively into the platform experience, empowering the community to relax, unwind, and develop a more balanced relationship with technology. Through this, TikTok also reaffirms its dedication to not just entertaining its community, but also to ensuring the platform remains a space that supports their well-being.”
