TikTok's Music Streaming App Coming Soon? Know Everything Here

China's ByteDance-owned TikTok could soon launch a music streaming app that would rival the likes of Spotify and Apple Music, according to recent patent filings.

The company may be working to introduce a music discovery app. Image: Getty

China's ByteDance-owned TikTok could soon launch a music streaming app that would rival the likes of Spotify and Apple Music, according to recent patent filings that TikTok is working on, the media has reported.

According to a patent filed by TikTok parent ByteDance with the US Trademark Office for “TikTok Music" in May, the company may be working to introduce a music discovery app, as cited by a report by Business Insider. As per the filing by ByteDance, the service would let users purchase, play, share, and download music, similar to what music streaming giant Spotify does.

TikTok's parent firm has some experience already with music streaming platforms as two years back, ByteDance launched a music streaming app named Resso in some countries that including India and Brazil. According to reports, Resso app has some of the same features described in the “TikTok Music” filing, such as the ability to create playlists, share songs on social media and interact with the app’s community.

Meanwhile, China's ByteDance-owned TikTok which was banned in India in 2020 is looking to make a comeback in the country as its parent firm is considering a local partnership. Earlier last month, a report said that the video-sharing app which was immensely popular in India when it was banned, but it was looking to sign a partnership with Hiranandani Group which is present in the data centre business via Yotta Infrastructure Solutions in Navi Mumbai.

If TikTok strikes a partnership with local firm Yotta, ByteDance can store Indian user data locally, thus, making sure it can operate in the country and complies with the regulations. TikTok was said to be in talks with Mumbai-based Hiranandani Group with an aim to rehire former and new workforce in India, one of the biggest internet markets globally.