All You Need to Know About TikTok Testers And How To Become One

All You Need to Know About TikTok Testers And How To Become One

Without a shadow of a doubt, TikTok has taken the entire digital world by storm. It’s being reported that the app, made by Chinese developer Bytedance, has amassed over a billion monthly active users – and that’s not even taking China into account, since they have their own local version of the app.

Of course, app development is something that is a continuous process, and every social media platform adds new features or changes things over time. Before releasing those changes to the general public, a lot of companies opt to enroll users into a beta program so that they can test out new features on a smaller scale. In a nutshell, that’s exactly what TikTok Testers is.

All You Need to Know About TikTok Testers And How To Become One
Source: TikTok.com

So what exactly is TikTok Testers?

The simple answer is that TikTok Testers are essentially beta users of the application, who will receive new features and important updates before the general public does.

The purpose is to discover if these new features or the new version of the app work well, just to make sure that the rest of the TikTok community will have a great user experience when these new features are launched globally.

All You Need to Know About TikTok Testers And How To Become One

Of course, whenever you’re developing or writing code for an app, there also tend to appear a lot of bugs. TikTok Testers can report these bugs and mistakes directly to the development team so that these bugs and annoyances can be removed before everyone receives the update.

What are the benefits of being a TikTok Tester, do you get paid?

The benefit of being a tester is pretty much the same thing that you’d expect from any beta program: you get early access to all of TikTok’s newest features before your friends do. Even though TikTok relies on you and other testers to report bugs, there certainly isn’t any other compensation for users enrolled in the program.

You won’t get paid for testing out new features on TikTok as a tester – but you do get the perk of having a sneak peek of all the new stuff that’ll come to TikTok. But did you know that you can gain TikTok Rewards (redeemable for gift cards) for doing other things such as referring users or simply being active? Here’s our full guide to TikTok Rewards.

Additionally, aside from testing out some of the cooler new stuff that’s coming to TikTok, you’ll also be in direct contact with the developers to pitch your own ideas and remarks about the popular video-sharing app. It’s a unique possibility to let your voice be heard amongst the makers of TikTok.

All You Need to Know About TikTok Testers And How To Become One

While a lot of people may believe that TikTok is simply leeching off its beta users, it’s actually a very common practice in the technology world not to provide any compensation for test programs.

Is the TikTok Testers program safe?

Generally, TikTok Testers is most definitely safe. It’s completely official and a built-in feature of the application, and you won’t need to download or install anything shady or suspicious.

TikTok Testers is the official beta program and should be treated as a newer, not completely finished version of the app. Of course, that’s where you come in.

That being said, beta software should always be considered less stable than a general release. You probably won’t have any serious problems and nobody has ever reported any for TikTok Testers, but it is possible that you’ll experience crashes or unexpected behavior (such as your TikToks not being saved properly or disappearing suddenly, for example) in the beta version of the app.

Generally, these bugs are squashed rather quickly but do take into account that things like these can happen.

How to join TikTok Testers on iOS

All You Need to Know About TikTok Testers And How To Become One

If you’re on an iPhone or iPad, you can most definitely try out the beta version of the app on your device. In short, you will need to download the Testflight App, which is an official Apple app, to install beta versions of other apps such as TikTok. You can also just go ahead and press this link to open the App Store Testflight page.

All You Need to Know About TikTok Testers And How To Become One

After you’ve installed Testflight, you’re going to have to go to TikTok as well to enable the beta functionality.

  1. Find and install the Testflight app in the Apple App Store
  2. Open Testflight and go through all of the instructions
  3. Close the app and open TikTok
  4. Navigate to Profile > Your Privacy and Settings
  5. Tap the three dots in the top right corner
  6. Look for or search for “Become a Tester” and tap on the option
  7. Next, you’ll be redirected to Testflight and you’ll be able to install the beta version of TikTok
  8. Congratulations, you’re now a TikTok Tester!

All You Need to Know About TikTok Testers And How To Become One

How to join TikTok Testers on an Android device

The process on Android is a little bit different but still fairly similar. Press this Google Play store link to gain access to the beta program on Android. Alternatively, you can also just look up the TikTok app in the Play Store, and scroll down until you see a “Join the Beta” button.

  1. Follow the Google Play Store link or follow the “Join the Beta” instructions for TikTok
  2. Refresh (or close/open) the Play Store
  3. Look for TikTok
  4. Update the application, this will install the beta version on your device

All You Need to Know About TikTok Testers And How To Become One

As you can see, there are a lot fewer steps involved here and you’ll get on TikTok testers a lot quicker.

Is it possible to leave TikTok Testers?

Of course! You can find out how to leave TikTok Testers right here. On Android, simply de-install the beta version of the app, and head back to the Play Store to install the regular version. You’ll be back to the same app that everyone uses.

There are a few more steps involved on iOS. If you want to get out of TikTok Testers on iPhone, do the following:

  1. Open the Testflight application again, and head over to TikTok
  2. At the bottom, you’ll find a “Stop Testing” button
  3. There will be a pop-up notification to confirm your choice
  4. The beta testing will now stop, but you’ll have to go to the App Store again to re-download the regular version of TikTok

Don’t worry, you won’t lose any data when you get out of TikTok Testers.

Summary

TikTok Testers is basically a fancy name for the app’s beta program, which users can freely sign up for both on iOS and Android. When you’re a TikTok Tester, you’ll be able to try out new features before everyone else, report bugs, and suggest new features. You won’t get paid for it, but it’s pretty cool to get a sneak peek at everything. You can also leave TikTok Testers whenever you’d like.

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Paul Alexander

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Paul Alexander has a Master of Science degree in Communication Studies and is a licensed teacher in Flanders, Belgium. He's been passionate about writing and technology ever since he was little and has more than ten years of experience in the vastly interesting world of consumer electronics and social media. He is also the founder of ByteHaps.com.

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