You may notice TikTok is not available to download on U.S.-based app stores. But there are ways to get it still.

TikTok is still absent from the Google Play Store. But the company is now letting users download the app officially on their Android phones.

Apple users cannot get the social media platform as a direct download because the iOS platform does not permit sideloading.

TikTok has been absent from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store since January. Now, it’s back. Here’s all you need to know.

Apple and Google have kept TikTok off their respective app stores, despite promises by President Trump that they would not be punished for hosting the app as it gets a temporary reprieve from ban.