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Tech T@lk

clubhouse to launch its Beta instagram live rooms

version for android rolls out switch off

lubhouse, the iOS-only cannot wait to welcome more sound, video
audio-based chat plat- Android users to Clubhouse
Cform which seemed like over the coming weeks.”
the new rage a couple of months nstagram Live Rooms has the added functionality could
back is finally testing an Android this could mean that rolled out a new feature in help decrease pressure to look
version of the app. According Iwhich hosts will be able to or sound a certain way while
to Mashable, the team behind clubhouse might finally mute their audio like you would broadcasting live,” Instagram
Clubhouse has spoken previ- make its way to android in a Zoom or Google Meet call. said in a statement emailed to
ously about how an Android According to Mashable, In- Mashable.
app has been in the works, but this month or early in stagram Live users will also be Live, the company added,
until now there was not much in- June. however, this also able to turn off video for chats, gives creators a “quick, low-
formation other than that. Now the new feature is similar to lift way to connect with their
finally, a beta version is on the raises a question as to the popular audio-based app community and audience and
way. This confirmation comes whether clubhouse will Clubhouse. In March, the pho- have a real back-and-forth con-
from the Clubhouse team, who to-sharing platform Instagram versation.” Mashable reported
have confirmed how they had gain as much traction as launched Live Rooms, allowing that the company is not the first
launched a “rough” beta version the ios version did. the users to chat with three people to follow in Clubhouse’s au-
for Android in a blog post. While at once in a Live session, rather dio-forward footsteps.
doing so, they have also talked ios version of the app, than just with one. Clubhouse, an audio-based
about how a full launch is not live meanwhile, is getting im- “By giving people the op- social media app that allows a
yet, but obviously, the app can- tion to mute their audio or user to jump in and out of chats
not release right away. Making a provements to voiceover turn off their video, hosts will on a variety of topics, does it
statement about the availability accessibility support. have added flexibility for their the same. It is like tuning in to
on Android, they have said, “We Livestream experience, as a live podcast recording.

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