TikTok is still absent from the Google Play Store. But the company is now letting users download the app officially on their Android phones.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

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TikTok has announced that Android users in the U.S. can now download its app directly from its website, sidestepping app store restrictions by Apple and Google, who have yet to reinstate TikTok on their platforms.

Social media app TikTok said on Friday it was making Android package kits available on its website so that U.S. Android users can download the app and connect on it.Apple and Google have still not reinstated TikTok to the App Stores.

The app remains unavailable on Apple and Google stores following a US law requiring ByteDance to sell or exit.

If you need to download and install TikTok in the US, you can do so on Android even though the app isn't back on the Play Store yet. In a tweet, the TikTok Policy account has announced that the service has made Android Package Kits available for download through its official web site.