TikTok is said to be entering a new battlefield with a photo-sharing social network to compete with Instagram.
According to TechNewsSpace, while Instagram is striving to compete with TikTok in the short video domain, the most prominent features of this American social network are still image uploads and sharing daily stories. Now, TikTok is retaliating against Meta’s platform by developing its own app to compete with Instagram.
According to TheSpAndroid blog, the latest version of the TikTok app has been dissected, revealing numerous references to an upcoming app called ‘TikTok Photos’.
TikTok is about to launch a social network to compete with Instagram
This app is expected to resemble Instagram, with a news feed for users to post photos for friends and family to see. Users will also be able to repost some content from the main TikTok app onto this platform. A snippet of code within the app indicates that it will be a place “where like-minded people, passionate about sharing photos, can find each other” and there will be options to share photos to this social network.
The official release date of TikTok Photos has yet to be disclosed, but an announcement is expected in the near future.
Currently, many prominent Instagram bloggers complain that the social network is increasingly focused on video content, losing its original purpose as a photo-sharing platform. TikTok could potentially fill this gap, but perhaps this is not the most opportune time for such an effort. Specifically, the US Congress is preparing to vote on a bill requiring ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in the US.
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Source: Vietnam Insider