TikTok is as soon as once more obtainable in Apple’s App Retailer and Google’s Play Retailer in the USA. The app disappeared from each Apple and Google’s shops January 19, 2025, as a nationwide ban briefly took impact. However although the app’s service was shortly restored after President Donald Trump promised to not implement the ban, the app had remained unavailable for obtain in US app shops.
Apple has now reversed course. Bloomberg reported the corporate made the choice after a letter from US Legal professional Common Pam Bondi. Trump beforehand advised the Justice Division in an government order to delay imposing a ban for 75 days. Apple didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. TikTok is now additionally formally obtainable in Google’s Play Retailer, after the corporate inspired Android customers to sideload the app. Based on Axios, Google was assured by the Justice Division that restoring individuals’s entry to TikTok would not violate the legislation.
It’s nonetheless not clear what is going to in the end occur to TikTok longterm. Trump has repeatedly stated he desires to strike a “deal” that may permit the corporate to stay operational within the US, together with preparations that may give the US authorities a stake within the firm. Quite a lot of traders and firms have additionally proposed provides to take over some facet of TikTok, although the corporate hasn’t indicated which bids it is perhaps taking severely.
