TikTok has introduced plans to shut its music streaming platform, TikTok Music.
TikTok’s father or mother firm, ByteDance, will formally take TikTok Music offline and completely delete its client knowledge on November twenty eighth, 2024, the corporate introduced in a publish on its web site.
Initially referred to as Resso, the app launched again in 2019 to compete with Spotify, Apple Music and different main platforms. The streaming service was solely accessible to customers in choose international locations, together with Brazil, Mexico and Australia. It was not but accessible to TikTok’s customers in the USA.
When visiting TikTok Music’s website, customers are offered with two deadlines. Subscribers could have till October twenty eighth to switch their playlists to a different platform. They may also need to request refunds by November twenty eighth, the day of the platform’s closure.
Billboard reviews the corporate now plans to shift its priorities to the “Add to Music App” performance, permitting customers to save lots of songs from TikTok on to streaming providers. This performance is obtainable to TikTokers in additional than 150 international locations, together with the US and UK.
You’ll find out extra about TikTok Music’s closure right here.