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After rivaling music streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple euphony with TikTok Music , ByteDance might be looking at creating an Instagram challenger make TikTok Photos , code establish in the TikTok app suggests .
As spotted byThe SpAndroidblog , TikTok ’s APK file — an installable filing cabinet format for Android — contains reference and image to a new app discover TikTok photo . harmonise to the verbal description in the APK version 33.8.4 , this app could provide to “ like - minded people who savor photo mail service . ”
However , TechCrunch found a slightly different language in the newer 33.8.5 variant .
“ Whether you ’re a world traveller , food blogger , or only relish partake what ’s decease on in your spirit , TikTok Photos is our all - new photo - sharing platform dedicated to assist creators like you strive other like - minded masses , ” the description reads .
“ TikTok Photos is our all - new photograph - communion platform where we ’ve made it easy to relish and discover picture station . ”
The APK also has a representative icon of the possible TikTok Photos service in old TikTok colors .
The ByteDance - owned platform is compete on multiple front end as it is planning to take on the likes of YouTube with30 - minute videos . Last July , the political platform addedtext postal service to rival program like X and Threads . Through this update , users could already add photo post to the web , but the company could be working on a disjoined platform to make photos stand out .
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TikTok did n’t straight off comment on the story .
