Facebook is working on a TikTok rival called Lasso

Facebook is developing a TikTok-like music video app called Lasso

Facebook is reportedly working on a stand-alone music app to rival TikTok, formerly known as Musical.ly.

For those unaware, Chinaโ€™s Beijing Bytedance Technology Co., which owns the companyย Tik Tok, the immensely popular 15-second video-sharing app,ย had acquired Musical.ly, Inc. for a reported US $1 billion in November 2017.

According to a report from TechCrunch, the social network giant is developing an app called โ€œLassoโ€ directed at teens, where users can record themselves dancing and lip-syncing to music.

“It’s basically TikTok/Musically. It’s full-screen, built for teens, fun and funny, and focused on creation. A lot of what they’re doing is just trying to be cool and trying to be something that Facebook isnโ€™t,” a source was quoted by TechCrunch.

The product is being built by members of Facebookโ€™s video and Watch team under leadership from Facebookโ€™s principal lead product designer Brady Voss.

The news of Lasso comes closely after Facebook announced newย musicย features on Thursday. The social media giant has added music stickers to its Stories feature and rolled out lyrics to itsย Lip Sync Liveย in certain markets, which is a singalong feature integrated into Facebook Live. This feature allows you to perform for friends in real time and read their comments as you sing. Lasso would most likely be the stand-alone app version of Lip Sync Live.

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The companyย also recently rolled outย the ability to add songs to photos and videos for Stories and News Feed updates. It’s also working on a new profile section that will allow users to pin songs to the top of their profile.

Kavita Iyer
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