TikTok Expands Its Reach with TikTok Notes, a New Social Media Platform

After launching TikTok Lite last week, ByteDance is now deploying TikTok Notes, inspired by Instagram and Pinterest, in Canada and Australia, aiming to compete with established social networks.

Initially, the name TikTok Photos was revealed by leaker AssembleDebug, but the application was finally deployed under the name TikTok Notes for a limited number of users in Australia and Canada.

TikTok Notes is halfway between Instagram and Pinterest. On both app stores, TikTok Notes presents the following description: "TikTok Notes is a lifestyle platform offering informative photo-text content on people's daily lives, where you can see individuals sharing their travel tips, daily recipes, etc." While Instagram has long imitated TikTok, particularly with the development of the Reels format, it's now ByteDance's application that seems to be drawing inspiration from its competitor. The visuals revealed also provide information on the application's functionality. The homepage will be divided into two sections: For You and Following, with posts presented in an asymmetric mosaic style, very similar to what Pinterest offers.

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