TikTok launches text-only posts as social media innovation race heats up

People can add colours, stickers, hashtags and sounds to their text post, and can also “duet” with other users on the platform

TikTok has launched text-only posts (Alamy/PA)

TikTok has launched text-only posts as the video platform takes on rival social media giants in the race to innovate.

The new format will allow users to create text-based content to share stories, ideas, poems, recipes or other written content, the app said.