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TL;DR
- TikTok creator ByteDance has quietly printed a brand new app referred to as Whee.
- The app guarantees a extra genuine photo-sharing expertise with your pals.
- The discharge comes after an analogous app, dubbed TikTok Notes, launched earlier this yr.
Snapchat and BeReal are two social apps that promise extra authenticity than rival platforms. We’ve even seen Instagram seize just a few options from these apps. Now, it appears to be like like TikTok‘s makers are getting in on the motion too.
ByteDance quietly printed a brand new app dubbed Whee earlier this month (noticed by Artem Russakovskii), promising a extra intimate and genuine expertise.
“Whee is a brand new social app created to maintain you linked along with your shut mates by way of life’s spontaneous moments,” reads the app description. “Seize and share real-life photographs that solely your pals can see, permitting you to be your most genuine self.”
Russakovskii confirmed that the app is out there in roughly a dozen markets, however not the US. We’re certainly in a position to obtain the app by way of the Play Retailer, however we get an error message when attempting to log in, confirming that the app isn’t supported in our area. Utilizing a VPN doesn’t make a distinction, both.
Screenshots counsel that Whee isn’t attempting to repeat BeReal’s idea (taking photographs at a delegated time) or Snapchat’s ephemeral nature. As a substitute, the pictures trace at a extra intimate model of Instagram, permitting you to share content material with mates solely, and solely permitting mates to love and remark in your posts.
It’s additionally value noting that Whee’s comfortable launch comes a short time after the corporate launched TikTok Notes. That is an Instagram-inspired app, too, centered on photograph posts. We’re not fairly positive how the 2 apps will coexist, although.
