TikTok is still absent from the Google Play Store. But the company is now letting users download the app officially on their Android phones.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

If you need to download and install TikTok in the US, you can do so on Android even though the app isn't back on the Play Store yet. In a tweet, the TikTok Policy account has announced that the service has made Android Package Kits available for download through its official web site.

Social media app TikTok said on Friday it was making Android package kits available on its website so that U.S. Android users can download the app and connect on it. Apple and Google have still not reinstated TikTok to the App Stores.

TikTok allows U.S. Android users to download the app from its website as it remains unavailable on app stores due to a new law requiring ByteDance to sell it or face a ban. Concerns over data misuse persist,