Tangi by Google launched for iOS, said to be Google's TikTok alternative

Social video sharing app 'Tangi' is most recent project to have emerged out of Google’s in-house incubator, Area 120. It focuses on short-form video content and is being touted to be a TikTok competitor. Here is everything we kw about Google’s TikTok alternative, Tangi:

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Google Tangi Launched

Area 120, Google’s in-house incubator, launched ir new project titled Tangi, a few hours ago. Tangi is a TikTok competitor and Google’s TikTok alternative. Tangi has been making rounds in news. Below are some things about Tangi by Google that you be might be curious about.

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How is Tangi different from TikTok?

Tangi and TikTok are both short-form video content based platforms that encour creation of user-generated content. However, TikTok and Tangi have a set of features that set m apart from each or. Tangi focuses more on aspect of DIY and learning stuff and is centered around How-to videos. On contrary, Tangi’s competitors like TikTok, Byte, and Likee lean towards providing entertainment.

In a media interaction, Coco Mao, Tangi’s founder, said that y aim to focus only on DIY and creativity based content. founder also mentioned how platform’s goal is to help people learn cooking, craft, and creation through quick one-minute videos. Coco Mao also said that y developed Tangi so that users could easily find a bank of high-quality how-to videos.

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Tangi is a platform developed but Google but t available on Android?

While Tangi has been cited as a TikTok competitor by many leading tech portals, interesting thing is that Tangi is only available on web and iOS so far. Yes, Tangi is a platform developed by Google ( developer of Android) but it is t present on Android and is an iOS-only app. At time of writing, Tangi’s Android launch date has t been specified by Google.

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Have Tangi but cant upload videos? Here’s catch!

While it is ironical that Tangi is an app developed by Google but is absent from Android, it is t only quirk of new short-video content platform. It has been reported that even if you have Tangi installed on your iOS device you can t instantly publish videos on one-minute-video sharing platform. According to reports, Google’s TikTok alternative Tangi has a waitlist of creators who can publish videos. Users have to join waitlist to gain access to all features of Tangi. Once users have access to TikTok competitor Tangi’s features, y will be able to create one-minute DIY videos.

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