Published 14:53 IST, December 19th 2020
Twitter is testing voice chat room called 'Spaces' to help users experience 'intimacy'
Announcing “we’re live”, Twitter introduced a brand new feature called ‘Spaces’ that would allow the users to share audio clips in tweets and direct messgaes.
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micro-blogging platform, Twitter on December 18 anunced that its beta test of audio chat rooms is w live. Anuncing “we’re live”, Twitter introduced a brand new feature called ‘s’ that would allow users to share audio clips in tweets as well as direct messs. users of social media website will t only let users create ir own rooms for ors to join but also provides control over who can speak in ir own ‘s’. About new feature, Twitter said that it’s a “small experiment focused on intimacy of human voice”
“Audio ds an ditional layer of connection to public conversation. Musicians and authors have used it to bring ir works to life, while or people used audio to tell stories, share emotion, and be ir true, funny selves,” Twitter said. “We also kw that people want to feel comfortable and in control when having conversations on Twitter.”
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‘s’ came live after last month Twitter anunced that it would start testing voice chat room with its primary group of subjects including women and people from marginalised groups. Just last week, microblogging platform h anunced that ‘s’ would start working among its first subjects who will also be feedback group on Twitter DMs. Twitter s also offers a range of or features in testing phase including hand gestures, live transcriptions, blocking and reporting along with ability to share tweets.
Describing feature, Twitter h also said, “ human voice can bring a layer of connectivity to twitter through emotion, nuance and empathy often lost in text. we see this with voice tweets & voice DMs. sometimes 280 isn't eugh, and voice gives people ar way to join conversation.”
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Twitter s after Twitter Fleets
Just recently, Twitter h introduced latest feature on app recently which allows users to uplo texts, opinions, pictures, etc. Fleets shall disappear after 24 hours. Users can choose to open ir fleets to public to see or only ir followers. feature is quite similar to Instagram Stories, Facebook Stories and Snapchat Stories. Fleets do t get retweets, likes or comments and are t open to public replies. Anyone who can see your tweets can view your fleets by simply tapping on your profile picture. If a user has open DMs, anyone can react to ir Fleets.
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14:55 IST, December 19th 2020