TikTok App Launches on LG TVs

Any TikTokers out there? TikTok fan but your phone screen just not quite big enough for your liking? Well, if you own a current LG TV then the video social app is coming. TikTok has announced that it will now be available on selected TVs from LG following a big firmware update. You can watch your favourite TikToks using the TV app, as well as being able to skip what you’re not a fan of, all from your sofa.

TikTok has launched an app for LG’s 2020 and 2021 smart TVs, the TV manufacturer has announced. The app arrived on these recent webOS 5.0 and webOS 6.0 models with a firmware update that started rolling out on October 7th, but will also be coming to older 2019 TVs “in the coming months.”

Do you use TikTok? You likely do, as currently, the social media app has over one billion users, making it one of the most popular social media sites out there.

Your LG TV older than that? It’s not all bad news: the Korean company states that “[TikTok] will also be available for 2019 and FHD TVs in the coming months” – so whether you’ve got a 4K Ultra-HD or smaller Full HD set, either OLED or NanoCell, by the end of 2021 it should be in full TikTok mode.

TikTok representative has confirmed that the app is launching in the UK, France, and Germany. That’s notable since TikTok’s smart TV apps for Samsung TVs, Android TV, and Fire TV have all focused on those same European countries so far. Meanwhile, in the US, TikTok released a more limited “More on TikTok” app on Fire TV devices last year.

Considering how optimized TikTok is for portrait-orientated mobile viewing, it’s not going to look great on living room televisions. But TikTok is understood to be trying to reach a broader audience with its smart TV apps, as well as to tap into the higher advertising rates associated with TV viewing, Protocol previously reported.