
Content creators in the US woke up to good news on February 14 – TikTok is finally back in the Apple App Store and Google Play. The return of the short form video app comes nearly one month after a mandated ban in the US took the service out before a presidential executive order temporarily restored the service.
TikTok’s re-entry to app stores makes it possible for those who deleted the app during the shutdown to gain access again – a weeks-long absence that prompted some eBay sellers to list phones with TikTok already installed for thousands more than the retail value of a used device. But, making the app available again also brings back periodic updates. Users in the US now have access to TikTok’s bug fixes that were released a week ago.