ByteDance to shut Vigo apps in India by October-end

Chinese Internet giant ByteDance is shutting down its short video apps Vigo Video and Vigo Lite in India on October 31, 2020, and asking users to export their videos to TikTok, the company announced through a note on Vigo Video’s website.

The app, which was available on Android and iOS, has already been discontinued for Brazil and the Middle East, and going forward, the company has decided to “focus energy and resources on other businesses”, the note said. The shutdown was first reported by Entrackr.

Started in 2017, Vigo Video allowed users to create 15-second videos across various genres like dance, food, stunt, beauty, art, comedy, music, and pets among others. It had clocked over 100 million downloads globally since its inception, as per the app’s listing on Google Play.