After its release last Thursday across the United States, TikTok Now's standalone application will now be available worldwide as reported first by TechCrunch.
This new application will now be able to opt-in for users to receive push notifications just for social check-ins, where users will be taking a photo from their back and front photo simultaneously at any random time for a day. This will also notify them even if their notifications are off or silenced.
The features are very similar to the French social application BeReal, which is very popular nowadays. The purpose of TikTok in making this new application is for users to capture authentic moments on camera without filters as Mashable stated in their report.
People's Response on TikTok Now
As per Sensor Tower, the official global release of the application was on Sunday, September 18. Within only days after its launching, the independent application managed to include itself on the Top 100 iPhone Social Networking apps in five countries. These are Madagascar, Mozambique, Kenya, Malta, and Singapore.
The application also ranked in the Top 500 iPhone Social Networking Apps in almost 38 countries. These countries are Myanmar, Bulgaria, Pakistan, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Germany, Qatar, Poland, Belgium, New Zealand, Guatemala, Austria, Bahrain, South Africa, Finland, Ghana, Czech Republic, Vietnam, Greece, Ireland, Azerbaijan, Israel, Nigeria, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Algeria, Malaysia, Sweden, Italy, Morocco, Lebanon, Mexico, Denmark, Egypt, Dominican Republic, and Romania.
Unfortunately, the Android version of the application is not ranking in any other markets or countries in the world except Bermuda.
BeReal's Success vs TikTok's Ambitions
TikTok's ambition to gain and attract new users in their newest application will not be easy to aim as BeReal is currently number one in nine markets and included in the top five Overall iPhone Apps in forty countries.
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The top three countries that market the application are the United States, the United Kingdom, and its home market France.
Tiktok did not give any clarifications on what are the strategies on making a standalone application as TikTok Now was originally a feature in the application. Yet the social media platform only said that they are in the phase of experimenting.
These were done for the users to enjoy their experience with what the application is offering, and aims to improve it as the TikTok community welcomes the newly launched application.
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Written by Inno Flores
