US TikTok users may soon have to switch to a new version of the app

ByteDance is said to be building a new, US-only version of the TikTok app that it will release on September 5. According to The Information, the company is moving ahead with this plan to comply with legislation requiring it to sell its TikTok business in the US or face a nationwide ban.

The report suggests that folks in the US will have to switch to the new app (dubbed "M2") in order to keep using TikTok. It's said that ByteDance will remove the existing TikTok app (which the company internally calls "M") from US app stores when the new one debuts. It's believed that the current version of the app will stop working in the US next March, though that timeline may shift.

This is the latest development in a long-running saga over the future of TikTok in the US. A law that former President Joe Biden signed ...