TikTok Wants Android Users To Sideload Its App

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By BeauHDFeb 10, 2025, 7:30 pm259 pts
With TikTok's U.S. ban temporarily paused, the company is encouraging Android users to sideload its app by downloading it directly from TikTok.com as an APK file, bypassing the Google Play Store. TechCrunch reports: The Android app download is being made available as an Android Package Kit, more commonly known…

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