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What is Whee? • Getting started with Whee • Your account and privacy settings in Whee • Whee features • For parents and guardians
What is Whee?
Whee is a social app that lets you stay connected with your friends. On Whee, you can interact through direct messages or post photos to a feed that only your Whee friends can see.
Whee is available to people 16 years or older.
Getting started with Whee
Your TikTok account is linked with your Whee profile so you can stay logged in and navigate between the two apps. If you don't have a TikTok account, you can sign up for one through Whee.
To sign up or log in to Whee:
1. Download Whee from Google Play or the App Store.
2. Open the app. From here, you can:
༚ Create a TikTok account, which you can use for both TikTok and Whee. Tap Sign up at the bottom, then follow the steps to create a TikTok account.
༚ Log in using your existing TikTok account.
༚ Log in through a third-party platform, such as Google or Facebook. Keep in mind that you'll still need a TikTok account if you choose this method.
Your account and privacy settings in Whee
Some of your account and privacy settings are shared between TikTok and Whee, and some settings are managed on the Whee app.
Account information and privacy settings you can manage on Whee:
• Profile photo: Upload a photo for your Whee profile. Keep in mind that you're required to have a profile photo.
• Preferred name: Add a preferred name for your Whee profile. It's required to provide a preferred first name. Your preferred name shouldn't contain any special characters or sensitive information.
• Friends: Add or remove friends on Whee. Your friends on Whee are separate from your friends or accounts that you follow on TikTok.
• Suggest account to contacts: Suggest your Whee account to your contacts. This setting is turned on by default for people 18 years or older. You can turn this setting on or off at any time.
• Safe mode: Filter messages that contain sensitive content or are from potentially unsafe sources. This setting is turned on by default.
Note: Any changes you make to the above settings or account information only apply to your Whee profile.
Account information and privacy settings shared between TikTok and Whee:
• User information: Update the contact information for your account.
• Password: Update the password for your account.
• Deactivate or delete account: Temporarily deactivate or permanently delete your account. Keep in mind that if you choose this option, we'll deactivate or delete both your TikTok account and Whee profile and you'll no longer have access to either.
• Sync contacts: Sync your phone contacts to Whee. If you previously synced your contacts in TikTok, your contacts are shared with Whee. You can turn this setting on or off at any time.
• Blocked accounts: Manage the accounts that you blocked. Accounts that you blocked on TikTok are also blocked on Whee.
Whee features
The following features are available in Whee:
Camera
Take photos or upload images to post on Whee. You can also:
• Add filters.
• Adjust your photo's privacy settings.
• Save the photo to your device.
A few things to know about posting on Whee:
• If it's your first time taking a photo or uploading one from your device, you'll be asked to grant the app access to your camera and photo library.
• We may ban your account or remove your post if it violates our Community Guidelines. If you believe your account or post was incorrectly removed, you can submit an appeal.
Messages
Send and receive messages from your friends. You can also:
• Accept or delete friend requests.
• View a list of suggested people to add on Whee, such as mutual friends on TikTok or people from your contacts.
• Check when someone has read your direct message.
A few things to know about Whee messages:
• You can only chat with people on Whee if you're both friends on the app.
• You can access TikTok messages within Whee if both you and your friend have the Whee app, however, Whee and TikTok chats aren't synced with each other.
Posts
Interact with your friends' posts. You can also:
• View your post notifications.
• Adjust your photo's privacy settings.
• Access your profile.
• Save photos posted on Whee to your device.
For parents and guardians
If you're a parent or guardian, you can use Family Pairing for your teen's TikTok account to:
• Be notified if your teen logs into Whee.
• Manage your teen's direct message and comment settings to apply those settings to their Whee profile.
• Set your teen's direct message and comment settings to No one to prevent access to Whee.