https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/19/tiktoks-bereal-clone-is-now-available-as-standalone-app-outside-the-u-s/

TikTok over the weekend launched its BeReal clone, TikTok Now, as a standalone mobile app across global markets outside the U.S., largely on iOS. The app offers a similar feature set to the TikTok Now experience being introduced into the U.S. TikTok app, announced last week. But as an independent mobile app, it offers allows users to opt in to receive the push notifications just for these social check-ins — even if they have their TikTok notifications silenced.

While the company had noted the TikTok Now experience would be offered as its own mobile app in some markets, it hadn’t yet launched that app at the time of its announcement on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. It also wasn’t clear which markets would gain access to the feature within TikTok itself or as a standalone app, or when the app would roll out.