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Apple and Google bring back TikTok, Americans can download the app again
2025-02-14 08:34:34 / TRENDING
Google Play announced it had reinstated TikTok to its US app store on Thursday, following promises from President Donald Trump to save the app and an executive order that delayed the platform's ban.
Bloomberg and CNBC also reported that Apple would restore the app to its app store on Thursday evening.
According to CNN, TikTok was available for download to Americans as of Thursday evening, when a test was conducted to download it on various phones.
TikTok's uncertain future is tied to a law signed last year by President Joe Biden, which gave Chinese company ByteDance 270 days to sell the app to an American owner or a US ally, or face a ban, due to US national security concerns.
TikTok was shut down for about 14 hours in January, but the quick recovery was attributed to President Donald Trump's promises to keep the platform operational in the US.
However, its 175 million users faced a problem: The app was not available in the Apple and Google Play stores, along with Lemon8 and CapCut, which are also owned by ByteDance, TikTok's parent company.
Apple had announced that it had removed TikTok from the app store due to the ban, but the app remained available to those who had previously downloaded it.
Trump took office on January 20 and signed the executive order later that day, giving TikTok 75 more days to find a new owner.
Trump's promises to save TikTok
The executive order said the 75-day delay would help the Trump administration “determine the most appropriate course of action in an orderly manner that protects national security while avoiding an abrupt shutdown of a communications platform used by millions of Americans.”
Trump told reporters that he had changed his mind about TikTok because he “used it.” He also said that the act he signed for TikTok gave him the right to “sell it or shut it down.”
"We have the right to sell it or close it, and we will make that decision," Trump said.
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