The owner of the social network Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has officially confirmed the rumors about the creation of an analog of the popular application Clubhouse. This was stated by the BBC, citing a conversation between Zuckerberg and independent journalist Casey Newton.
Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – April 20, 2021 – Technology
According to the agency, Facebook has announced that in the next few months it intends to launch a number of new audio products in the application. He called one of such implementations an analog of the popular Clubhouse application. The company is developing audio rooms for communication. They plan to launch by the summer of 2021. Later they will be available in the messenger.
In addition, the corporation wants to add Soundbites to the audio publishing service – a tool that will allow you to record short audio recordings and share them on your Facebook profile. The beginning of testing of the service is scheduled for the next month.
Zuckerberg also announced the creation of a podcast platform. Facebook plans to launch its own service with podcasts, which can be listened to not only while using the service but also in the background. The launch is expected to take place in the next few months.
Clubhouse application is a social network based on voice communication without the ability to record and further disseminate what is happening. It has recently become popular.
Against this background, Twitter announced the launch of its audio feature Spaces (similar to Clubhouse) live until April.
LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft, said it was testing audio features.
The Telegram messaging app has recently added more features to voice chats and lifted size restrictions.
The Discord messaging platform has launched a new feature for people to host live audio events for an audience, similar to the Clubhouse app.
Finally, it became known that in recent months, Twitter is negotiating the purchase of the social network Clubhouse for $ 4 billion.
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Source: Ukrgate
