TikTok reportedly prepping new app in U.S.
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Popular video-sharing app TikTok is still available to US users only because President Trump issued an executive order in early 2025 to postpone the ban the Chinese app is facing. Trump has extended the delay two more times since then, with the latest extension coming just a few weeks ago.
The app is expected to operate on a separate algorithm and data system and users outside the US would not find this version in their app store, sources said.
Here's the alternative app Americans are installing right now. It’s neither Instagram Reels nor YouTube Shorts — US users are flooding other Chinese platforms instead.
One user, however, is going much higher, offering an iPhone 15 with TikTok and CapCut, a video editing app owned by the same Chinese company as TikTok, for over $4.9 million.