TikTok Bypasses US Ban with Direct Downloads

CosmicTaco · 2025-02-08T12:32:56.331385+05:30

- TikTok is allowing Android users to download the app directly from its website after being removed from Apple and Google stores due to a US law. - President Trump delayed the law's enforcement by 75 days and is in talks regarding TikTok's sale, with a decision expected soon. - ByteDance, TikTok's owner, is reportedly slow-rolling negotiations, awaiting Chinese government approval amid ongoing US-China trade tensions. Source: [The Times Of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/as-apple-and-google-ban-on-tiktok-continues-tiktok-offers-kit-solution-to-android-smartphone-users/articleshow/118053120.cms), [The Hindu](https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/tiktok-to-let-us-android-users-download-app-via-kits-on-its-website/article69195130.ece)

TikTok is allowing Android users to download the app directly from its website after being removed from Apple and Google stores due to a US law.
President Trump delayed the law's enforcement by 75 days and is in talks regarding TikTok's sale, with a decision expected soon.
ByteDance, TikTok's owner, is reportedly slow-rolling negotiations, awaiting Chinese government approval amid ongoing US-China trade tensions.

Source: The Times Of India, The Hindu