TikTok adds text-only posts as social media battle escalates - BBC News

The video streaming app widens its uses as Twitter rebrands as X and Meta launches Threads.

9 hours agocommentsCommentsShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, TikTokImage caption, TikTok's new text-only featureBy Annabelle LiangBusiness reporterChinese-owned video streaming app TikTok says it will offer text-only posts as competition between social media giants heats up.

The platform says the new feature gives users "another way to express themselves".

Earlier this month, TikTok launched a new music streaming service to rival platforms like Spotify and Apple Music.

And on Monday, Elon Musk's Twitter ditched its famous blue bird logo and switched to a black and white X.

TikTok users will now be offered three options on the app - whether to post photos, videos or text.

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