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 instructed the Justice Division in an govt 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. In line with Axios, Google was assured by the Justice Division that restoring folks’s entry to TikTok would not violate the legislation.
It’s nonetheless not clear what’s going to in the end occur to TikTok longterm. Trump has repeatedly mentioned he needs to strike a “deal” that can permit the corporate to stay operational within the US, together with preparations that might give the US authorities a stake within the firm. Quite a lot of buyers and firms have additionally proposed presents to take over some side of TikTok, although the corporate hasn’t indicated which bids it is likely to be taking severely.
