Tiktok is back to the US app store

Twenty-six days after being expelled from the US app store, Tiktok returned to the iOS App Store and Google Play Store. Apple and Google took home a Chinese-owned video app after receiving a letter from US Attorney General Pam Bondi. First reported Thursday.

Google confirmed that Wired has regained Tiktok, but did not immediately explain why. Apple, Tiktok, and the Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Bondi took office last week.

This return concludes weeks for Tiktok. Platform It disappeared from the US app store And it got dark for users nationwide on January 19th, just hours before the ban came into effect. that I’ve returned to life Later that day, after Tiktok executives received their own assurance from then-presidential election Donald Trump that they would provide more time to reach the resolution. If you already have an app on your phone, it was working normally by the same afternoon.

President Donald Trump was the first to take office on January 20th Presidential Order He gave Tiktok a reprieve. “I am instructing the Attorney General not to take action to carry out the act for 75 days starting today, in order to ensure that my administration has an opportunity to advance the appropriate course,” the order reads .

However, Google and Apple continue to lock Tiktok out of the market. This means that new users were unable to install it. It is the ban on Tiktok (a law that protects Americans from the Foreign Hostile Application Act (PAFACA)), which has resulted in the US tech companies being “distributed and maintained” apps from Bytedance, the parent company of Tiktok. , or you cannot update it. People facing the prospect of a massive fine. It’s not just Tiktok, But there are over a dozen appsincluding popular products such as Lemon8, Capcut, and Marvel Snap, it cannot be downloaded for more than three weeks. (These apps also returned to the app store on Thursday.)

Tiktok was not available, but users searching for it on the iOS App Store were greeted with the following message: The “Learn More” link sent users to a lengthy article explaining why the app disappeared, reminding them not to receive updates as long as the ban is in place. Meanwhile, the Google Play Store states that “depending on current US legal requirements, downloads of this app have been suspended.” Searchers were directed at competitors’ apps, but I saw some of them Usage bumps.

Puffa I’ll allow it The president has extended the deadline to ban Tiktok for 90 days, and will sell to non-Chinese companies that “significant progress” is being made to contracts. Prove it.

Just before taking office, Trump proposed that the US could have 50% ownership of Tiktokwithout specifying what he means. The president is reportedly reported I recently tapped Vice President JD Vance will lead negotiations between the ordinance and potential buyers. 1 Reported scenarios It involves groups that are controlled by Oracle and other investors’ groups.