TikTok: Will this new application soon rank Facebook & Co.?

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram – here are some of the most popular apps in the world. But does the best dog in the TikTok App come out of line slowly?

Ever heard of TikTok? Otherwise, it will surely be the case soon. The application is currently on everyone's lips and creates discomfort among big names like Facebook. To find out what exactly is and why TikTok is so popular, you can find out here.

What is TikTok?

TikTok has been operating in Europe for only three months – more precisely since August 2, 2018, Meanwhile, the number of users of the application has already increased rapidly. But what can you do with this app?

In the raw state can be with it Transform short videos that can be accompanied by music – about Lip Sync aboutIf this concept sounds familiar, it will be certainly remember the Musical.ly applicationThis is virtually the predecessor of TikTok dar: the Chinese group Bytedance bought the app for about $ 1 billion in November 2017 and merged with the existing TikTok app. He has also become previous users simply took control and gathered on a platform,

On TikTok, short videos can not only be shot and saved with music, but also be provided with different filtersIn this form, TikTok recalls the Instagram photo platform – just with videos.

This is how TikTok works

TikTok is easily downloadable as an application on the smartphone and can also be used without registration. However, applications are limited. With 150 megabytes, the application also takes up a lot of room – as does the memory found there for created videos, not included.

Creating a video is relatively simple: About Plus icon in the lower right margin go to the video editor, where you can select a sound and add filters. The music includes popular charts titles, while the filters Speeds or face filters can be adjustedOnce the video is complete, you can add hashtags or tag friends. After that, the video can be made accessible to everyone on the platform – or you can save it and send it to your friends and family via WhatsApp.

Here, the American presenter Jimmy Fallon shows with the Tumbleweed Challenge what a TikTok music video might look like:

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TikTok catches even Facebook

Although the application is so young, it does not look bad in the face of competition. In the last three months has increased the number of existing users from 100,000,000 to 130,000,000 as the Apptopia blog reports. Meanwhile, the number of downloads has increased by 20% worldwide. With the current download rate, TikTok even surpbades internet users such as Facebook, who are less downloaded than Google Play or the App Store.

This development, Facebook was probably so disturbing that there is now a An offshoot called Lbado which also allows you to create music videos. However, initially, Lbado is only available in the United States, as reported in the online portal Techcrunch.

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