If you’re waiting for TikTok to be available for download—or update—again, you may have to practice patience. Here’s why.

Google and Apple have not responded to multiple requests for comment on whether or not they will list TikTok in their app stores. If you search for TikTok on the App Store, you’ll see a message saying,

TikTok remains unavailable on Google and Apple’s app stores in the U.S. It can't be downloaded and users who still have the app could see its performance degrade.

While TikTok has been restored for millions of American users after going dark, the app still isn't available on Apple's App Store or Google Play.

TikTok and other ByteDance-owned apps have been removed from the App Store, but why aren’t they available anymore?

Nearly a week after it was removed, the TikTok app is still missing from Apple and Google’s app stores. Because these app stores are the primary way many people get the software, TikTok’s absence basically means you can’t newly install the app — at least,

Well, that didn't last long. Less than a day after TikTok became temporarily unavailable in the U.S., the app is now functional again. In

Despite President Trump's temporary stay on the federal TikTok ban, it's extremely unlikely that the video-sharing app will return to the App Store anytime soon. Here's why.

Apple tonight removed TikTok from the App Store in the U.S., meaning that the app can no longer be freshly installed on iPhones and iPads there.

TikTok may be back, but that hasn't prevented other Chinese competitors from gaining users. In the lead-up to a ban on TikTok — which kicked off Sunday

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