ByteDancethe company behind it TikTokseems ready to launch a new application, TikTok Photosdedicated exclusively to sharing images: a real challenge to Instagram.
Is TikTok Photos ready to challenge Instagram?
At the moment, there is nothing official. The only indiscretion comes from the site TheSpAndroid (via Punto Informatico), which carried out a detailed analysis of version 33.8.4 of TikTok. Within the code, references to a new application have emerged. In fact, the commands appear for: Open TikTok Photos, Get TikTok Photos, Share this post to TikTok Photos, and Share photo posts to TikTok Photos.
The site even shared an image that would be the alleged logo of the application, visible below. This would suggest that TikTok Photos will be launched soon, but, as always, this news should be taken with caution.
Credits: thespandroid
ByteDance has never released official communications on the initiative. Furthermore, it remains possible that the app will arrive on Android e iOS at different times, and not in all regions. Currently, TikTok allows users to post photos in the form of video galleries. But the question remains: will an app dedicated solely to photographs be successful? Instagram, with its Reels, also competes with TikTok in the video department: could separating TikTok and TikTok Photos help ByteDance compete, or could it represent a limit?
With the future of TikTok suspended among the decisions of United States Congresswhich could oblige ByteDance to sell it to avoid the ban USAperhaps that of TikTok Photos it can be a compromise solution. A way to stay in digital marketplaces, even if the main app is banned. But these are just speculations: we will keep you updated as soon as there is more certain information.
