TikTok father or mother ByteDance could also be increasing from making apps into creating an precise cellphone.
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TikTok’s father or mother firm is increasing from software program and into hardware. ByteDance says it was working with Chinese language gadget producer Smartisan on a cellphone — nevertheless it is not a “TikTok cellphone.”
“Reviews of our smartphone improvement strictly seek advice from a continuation of plans that had been in place earlier than ByteDance started working with Smartisan,” mentioned a ByteDance spokesperson on Monday. “The product has no reference to TikTok and the main focus is on assembly the wants of Smartisan’s present buyer base in China.”
Extra particulars in regards to the gadget, which was rumored to be within the works earlier this 12 months, aren’t identified. Reuters earlier reported on ByteDance’s plans to develop a cellphone.
Past TikTok, which has surged in international recognition on each iOS and Android in recent times, ByteDance produces a lot of apps for the Chinese language market together with Toutiao, a content material discovery platform, and Duoshan, a messaging app much like Snapchat that rivals WeChat. The assorted software program the corporate produces may present a basis for constructing a cellphone.
Initially printed July 29, 9:12 a.m. PT.
Replace, 9:59 a.m.: Provides remark from ByteDance.
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