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Twitter announced that a new feature is now available for Android users known as Twitter Spaces. Previously, Spaces was open to users of the iOS platform during its private beta release. The private beta started in December 2020. For now, Android users have a limitation: they can only join and speak in Spaces without the ability to start their own Spaces audio chat room.
Twitter says the ability for Android users to start their own Spaces chat room will soon land without putting a deadline on that promise. Twitter has been talking about Spaces and its launch roadmap with surprising clarity. Last month, Spaces hosted a room inviting users to comment, ask questions, and learn about other products Twitter had in the works for short-term and long-term projects.
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Android friends, our beta is growing! from today you can join and speak in any space. SOON you will be able to create your own, but we are still working on some things. keep your 👀 out of the live spaces above your home tl
– Spaces (@TwitterSpaces) March 2, 2021
The social network has shared functions for Spaces publicly as fast as design and prototyping. Some of the new features that have been shared publicly include titles and descriptions, scheduling options, co-host and moderator support, guest lists, and more. Not long ago, Twitter updated the preview card that appears on the timeline, calling it a captioning feature.
While many of those features don’t have a firm timeline for when they’ll be officially available, Twitter promised features like Android support and scheduling options in a matter of weeks rather than months. The new Twitter service and support for Android has been ahead of the rival Clubhouse app. For those of you unfamiliar, Clubhouse is a leader in the new “social audio” market. Clubhouse is currently only for iOS and by invitation only.
Twitter reportedly views Spaces as a crucial part of its largest creator platform currently in the works. Some other changes Twitter has in mind include newsletters and a paid “Super Follow” subscription. Twitter is also currently testing something known as a “Shopping Card” that would allow users to tweet posts with links directly to products with a “Buy” button.
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