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TikTok Announces New Ways to Comment, Including Voice Messages and Polls
- On Thursday, September 3, 2026, TikTok announced four new comment section features: voice comments, polls, photo carousels, and Live Photos, expanding how users interact beneath videos.
- With more than 1.7 billion comments posted daily, TikTok's comment section has evolved into a miniature forum with its own language and self-referential culture.
- Voice notes are limited to 60 seconds for users 18 and older; commenters can add up to nine photos in a carousel, and creators can launch polls with up to five voting options.
- Comment polls and Live Photo comments are available globally as of Thursday, while voice comments and photo carousel comments will roll out over the next month to all users.
- These features will be subject to TikTok's Community Guidelines, utilizing human and automated moderation tools, including speech-to-text transcription, to identify and remove policy violations.
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TikTok announces new ways to comment, including voice messages and polls - Regional Media News
(NEW YORK) - TikTok is giving users new ways to join conversations on the platform. The social media company on Thursday announced several new comment features that will allow people to leave voice messages, vote in polls and share multiple photos under videos. More than 1.7 billion comments are shared on TikTok each day, according to the company. Among the updates is Voice Comments, a new feature that TikTok says it will allow users to record a…
TikTok announces new ways to comment, including voice messages and polls
(Getty Images stock photo/lixu) (NEW YORK) — TikTok is giving users new ways to join conversations on the platform. The social media company on Thursday announced several new comment features that will allow people to leave voice messages,
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