TikTok wants to be much more than the queen of videos!
Thanks to TikTok, videos have established themselves as the favorite format for a while. But photography will always be king. Thus and after having conquered users around the world, today owner of TikTok, ByteDance is working on a photography-focused tool called TikTok Photos.
The details of Instagram’s next rivals have become known thanks to the code of the latest versions of the TikTok application for Android. The first thing is that it would allow posting content as images, or sharing content from TikTok, with a feed where users can share photos with friends and family.
Another part of the code describes the application as a place to reach “other like-minded people who like to post photos.”
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In addition to the details visible in the application code, there are images of the application icon, which It uses the same colors as the original TikTok version, but is shaped like a letter “P”:
Once the application is available, People who want to start using the platform will see how all their photos uploaded to TikTok are automatically synced to TikTok Photos. According to the company, this should help users gain new audiences on TikTok Photos.
For the moment There is no information on the release date or availability of TikTok Photosbut code development suggests that might be too soon.
While everything is almost ready, there is something that could work against TikTok Photos. Indeed, the US House of Representatives will vote this week on a bill that could ban TikTok in the United States. Speaking to reporters last Friday, President Joe Biden said that if Congress passes the bill, he would sign it.
The bill in question would require ByteDance to sell TikTok within 165 days of its passage. If ByteDance did not sell, app stores like the App Store and Google Play would not be allowed to allow it to be downloaded.
While waiting for the launch of TikTok Photos, it is interesting to analyze the impact this could have on the competition. Based on past experience, *there is evidence that in Social networks, favoritism can change overnight
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