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The Twitch Mobile App Will Now Offer Mobile Streaming

Published Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:59:04 -0500

Twitch announced a whole new look and feature set for their mobile app today which should offer improved discovery, accessibility, and functionality on both the user and creator ends of the app. The Twitch App will soon include the most requested features by both content creators and viewers, which includes the ability to begin live broadcasting directly from a smartphone camera with mobile streaming and the option to use a Dark Mode color scheme, for those of us who hate looking at bright screens. The new Twitch App is rolling out today will be available to everyone in early July.

The full list of changes includes:

Navigation Bars — One-stop shops for features like Live, Pulse, and Browse for easy access to all content
Pulse – Twitch's new content recommendation and discovery feed.
Swipe Surfing — Swiping motions to quickly select new videos, return to a previous stream, access playlists, and more
Instant Playlists — A collection of content accessible by swiping down on the screen
Mobile Streaming — The ability to stream directly to a broadcaster's channel from their phone's camera via the Twitch App with no need to switch between other apps
Language Ranking — A section of featured streams most popular among users of a specific region or language
Dark Mode — An inverted color scheme for a different viewing experience
Notifications — Users will now have the same notification center on their mobile devices as they do on the web

"Twitch has a vibrant community on mobile, with more than 83MM installs of our app," said Tom Robertson, Senior Director of Product Management at Twitch in a statement included with the announcement. "With this redesign we're ensuring that our amazing creators – who are the reason this community exists – are more discoverable than ever, both to their existing fans and those who have yet to find them. It also makes navigating the app more fun and intuitive, with all the best stuff available with a single tap or simple swipe. Not only will our creators reach a new audience through the app itself, the launch of Mobile Streaming gives them the opportunity to offer new content to their fans. We can't wait to see what they create."

Mobile Streaming is definitely the key to this update, as it has been a long requested feature for Twitch to offer, and it allows streamers to connect with their viewers on the go. And we certainly would have given it a run with our attempted BC pinball challenge if it had been around way back during Star Wars Celebration.

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