Because the Bitmoji service has been around for a long time, the customization options are staggering by comparison, and it even has extra features like games that use your created character. They're on PCs, Android, and iOS, and they do more than Facebook avatars and Memoji. Facebook avatars are limited to Facebook, have very limited animation options, and simply don't allow for as much customization.īitmoji avatars can be used practically anywhere after installing the app. To be blunt, the biggest difference between the two is that Facebook's version is new and that newness means it lacks the features of Bitmoji. They're usually full-body avatars too, unlike Memoji. They have different, but oddly similar art styles with one sporting a heavily-inked, cartoon look and the other having a CGI look that still comes off as more cartoony than realistic. Apple, meanwhile, introduced personalized animated Memoji in 2018 with the rollout of iOS 12.Bitmoji and Facebook avatars are much closer comparisons. In 2020, Snapchat debuted “Bitmoji TV,” a parody of TV and movie genres that feature the Bitmoji avatars of users and their friends. Snap in 2016 acquired startup Bitstrips, creator of the Bitmoji cartoon-avatar app, for $100 million.

“From outfits to skin tones and hair color down to texture, building inclusive features and experiences remains our priority, and we’ll continue to listen to our community and look to creators for feedback at every step of its development.”Īnimated avatars aren’t new, of course. “We’re excited to launch the first version of TikTok Avatars globally and will continue to improve and innovate to make sure the experience is truly representative of all who are on TikTok,” the company, a division of China’s ByteDance, said in a blog post announcing the feature. TikTok emphasized that it wants to make the TikTok Avatars feature “the most inclusive and representative experience for our community.” Users will be able to select from among six reactions (e.g., “love” or “crying”) for their miniature avatar to display different expressions. In addition, TikTokers will soon be able to add a miniature avatar to their videos, shrinking it down and placing it anywhere on the screen.

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