TikTok proprietor ByteDance is readying to move U.S. users to a caller type of CapCut, its video editing app, according to a study from Business Insider.
Launching a U.S.-specific app could beryllium portion of nan company’s broader scheme to comply pinch a 2024 law requiring ByteDance to divest from TikTok and its different U.S. assets, aliases consequence being forced to cease operations successful nan country.
ByteDance is besides reportedly developing a caller type of TikTok for U.S. users up of an expected waste of nan app to a group of investors.
CapCut has been downloaded much than 1 cardinal times connected nan Google Play store. It besides ranks arsenic nan apical video app connected nan iOS U.S. App Store, up of some Instagram and YouTube.
It’s presently chartless if ByteDance plans to create U.S.-specific apps for its different services, Lemon8 and Gauth.