TikTok appears to be working on a new TikTok Photos app

There is a possibility that a new app will be launched soon from ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok. They seem to have plans for TikTok Photos, which is a sort of clone of main competitor Instagram.

Copying popular tech applications of each other is nothing new anymore. For example, the success of TikTok has ensured that many competitors have also started offering short videos. The most successful clone of this principle is undoubtedly Instagram Reels. Thanks in part to its popularity, Instagram generated more new downloads than TikTok in 2023 for the first time since 2020. Instagram grew 20 percent last year, compared to TikTok's “barely” 4 percent.

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TikTok is clearly hoping to turn this tide and has taken a closer look at Instagram's copycat playbook. the site com.TheSpAndroid He discovered that the app has plans for TikTok Photos, a type of photo-sharing app.

You can currently share photos on TikTok that then appear as a kind of video slideshow, but the company is now working on a separate app for this purpose. In the latest version of TikTok, there is also an ad to be shown to users. “TikTok Photos will be launching soon, and we hope to help you gain a new audience in the new app. If the option is enabled, we will sync your public photos to the new app whether you close the app or not. TikTok itself did not want to respond to these messages at this time.”