How to find and join Twitter Spaces? Twitter Spaces now available on desktop browser

Twitter on Thursday went LIVE with its new audio conversation app ‘Spaces’ on computer desktops and Android iOS web browsers. Clubhouse- live audio conversations app will appear at top of your Twitter timeline as a ‘purple bubble’ for as long as it’s live. On desktops or web browsers, when a user joins ‘Space’ as a listener, y can react to what y hear with emojis, check out any pinned Tweets, as well as follow along with captions, Tweet or DM Space, or request to speak. Here’s how one can join Spaces. 

How to join Spaces

Twitter’s live audio conversation app Spaces is now available from desktop and mobile web browsers but it does not yet allow users to host rooms mselves on web. One can join audio rooms, though. One can tap on ir profile image in ‘Fleets’, and scroll to far right, and tap Spaces. This will enable a user to join as a Listener, including people who don't follow you as Spaces are public.

Also, listeners can be directly invited into a space by DMing m a link to space, Tweeting out a link, or sharing a link elsewhere. As many as 11 people (including Host) can speak on Space, while creating a new Space one can on option to ‘Name your Space’ and ‘Start your Space’.  A user can also ‘Schedule’ Space discussion for later. One can also choose date and time for when y like Space to go live.

Create Twitter Space

• On iPhone or Android web browser open Twitter
• Tap on your profile picture on  top left corner
• Scroll to far right, now tap on 'Spaces'.
• Choose your audio room audience by selecting Everyone, People you follow, or Only people you invite to speak.
• n tap 'Start your Space'.
• You can now d as many as 10 speakers on your Space.
• Twitter Space starts and you can now d a description for your Space.

Who can see your Space chat/ How to d Speakers

According to Twitter, all Spaces are ‘public’ like Tweets, which means y can be accessed by anyone. y will automatically appear at top of your Home timeline, where you see Fleets, and each space has a link that can be shared publicly. This also implies that anyone across Twitter can join any space as a Listener. But for speakers, by default Twitter’s Space will always be set to only people that user “invites to speak.” However, this can be changed. 

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Modify 'Speaker permissions' once your space has been created. Tap  […]  icon, n tap just settings to see options for Speaker permissions, which include Everyone, People you follow, and default Only people you invite to speak. se permissions are only saved for this particular space, so any space you create in future will use default setting, explains Twitter.  One can also sign up for for “reminder notifications” from a scheduled space card in a Tweet. 

When host starts Space, listeners get push and in-app notifications automatically. As a listener one can mute any Speaker, while a host can remove, report, and block ors in space. Twitter’s Space’s listening UI ca apt to any screen size and provides accessibility to transcriptions. Only Host of Space has ability to end audio room discussions.