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Tech T@lk

Amazon launches clubhouse Android app

Minitv for india coming to india soon

merican multination- studios Pocket Aces and TVF, fter launching its beta Whether it can keep up that
al technology compa- and a list of well-known Indian Android app almost a momentum remains to be seen,
Any Amazon has now comedians. Aweek ago, the audio so- as competitors-- Twitter’s Spac-
launched an ad-supported, free The company said that it’s cial media platform Clubhouse es, Discord’s Stage Channels,
video streaming service called planning “new and exclusive is set to roll out the application and other better-known social
MiniTV within the Amazon In- videos” in the coming months, to more countries in the com- media platforms--enter the au-
dia app. but didn’t provide a timeline. ing week. Clubhouse on Sunday dio market.
According to Mashable, this The channel should serve as said that it will roll out the An- Clubhouse remains an in-
is a different offering than its a competitor to Flipkart Vid- droid app to more countries this vite-only application and has
Amazon Prime Video service, eo, the free streaming service week. been criticised for not provid-
as MiniTV is contained within launched in 2019 by Walmart- The app will be available ing automatic captions for Deaf
Amazon’s traditional shopping owned Flipkart, one of Am- in Brazil, Japan, and Russia and hard-of-hearing users.
app, rather than having its own azon’s biggest rivals in India. on Tuesday, India and Nigeria The platform has lately fo-
standalone app. Available only Amazon is still marketing its by Friday, and the “rest of the cused on creators, and recent-
to users in India, MiniTV’s cat- Prime Video to consumers in world” throughout the week. As ly announced the results of an
alog includes mostly older con- India as it competes with Net- per The Verge, for the first year, accelerator program which
tent which its content partners flix, which has plans to launch Clubhouse was only available will fund 50 audio Clubhouse
made originally for YouTube more than three dozen new on iOS devices. shows.
and other platforms. movies and shows in India this Despite its early limited ac- CEO Paul Davison said
The lineup includes beauty year. cess the platform grew to 10 during the weekly Clubhouse
and fashion content, tech news, As per Mashable, the free million users in its inaugural town hall that next on the
cooking shows, and Amazon’s MiniTV will help Amazon test year, and was recently valued at company’s roadmap are in-
partners for the channel, in- whether streaming content can USD 4 billion after a new fund- room tipping for creators, paid
cluding Indian web content drive sales on its shopping app. ing round. events, and subscriptions.

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