The firm behind TikTok, fastest-growing social media, has announced it is branching out into making smartphones.
TikTok developer ByteDance is making the move after acquiring patents and employees from device-maker Smartisan.
ByteDance owns several other popular AI-based video and news apps, such as Slack alternative Lark, video-chat app Flipchat, and news aggregator Toutiao.
The TikTok app has done so well around the world, it has recently unseated Uber to become the world’s largest privately backed start-up, with a valuation of $75 billion.
