TikTok is testing a search partnership with Google, a move that underscores the rapid pace at which the way people search online is evolving.
As spotted by app researcher Radu Oncescu, some searches inputted on the TikTok app are displaying an option to search the same request on Google.com. Clicking on the link takes the user to an in-app browser, which displays Google’s search results for the query. TikTok is also running a disclaimer that it “does not endorse or take responsibility for search results from Google,” per Oncescu’s screenshots.
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