TikTok Upgrades Desktop Experience with Game Streaming and Enhanced Features

The platform's revamped web version introduces live gaming in landscape mode, a floating player, and new organizational tools to compete with YouTube and Twitch.

TikTok's desktop platform now supports full-screen live game streaming in both portrait and landscape modes, targeting gamers and streamers.
A new floating player feature, exclusive to Google Chrome, allows users to multitask while keeping TikTok videos visible above other windows.
The updated web interface includes a repositioned navigation bar, a modular layout, and an Explore tab for a more immersive and distraction-free viewing experience.
The new Collections feature enables users to organize saved videos into custom categories, similar to YouTube playlists.
These updates align with TikTok's strategy to challenge YouTube and Twitch by enhancing its desktop functionality and expanding its appeal beyond mobile users.