After months of development and testing, Facebook has begun rolling out two social audio-focused features in their platform, namely Live Audio Rooms and Podcast. Live Audio Rooms will be available to select public figures and Facebook Groups in the U.S., starting with iOS users, and select Podcasts are also available in the US now.
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The YouTube app has been seeing changes lately, with new features like the ‘Shorts’ tab replacing the ‘Explore’ tab. Similarly, Google is experimenting with the ‘Autoplay on Home’ feature on the YouTube app with some users. Continue reading “YouTube making changes to ‘Autoplay on Home’ feature with audio, captions and progress bar”
Clubhouse, the popular audio chat-room app, has unintentionally leaked an upcoming feature in their app called Backchannel, which appears to be for private messaging. The feature was quickly removed from the app, however some users were able to capture it and see how it works.
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Google Chat, the instant messaging service that is a part of Google Workspace, has now received an update that improves the search functionality with interactive filters. These filters will help speed up the search process, making it easier to find links, files, etc.
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The YouTube app for iOS and iPadOS is finally getting an update that will enable support for Picture-in-Picture (PiP) when viewing content. The feature is first rolling out to customers of YouTube Premium, and will later come to all free YouTube users.
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Facebook has introduced a bunch of updates for admins of Facebook pages that adds new features such as member summary, improved tools for comment moderation, options to slow down conversations, admin announcement notifications and more.
Just a few months ago, Spotify acquired the Betty Labs, who were the developers of Lockeroom, which was an app for live-audio. Spotify has now launched their live-audio app called Spotify Greenroom for both iOS and Android.
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Over the last few years, there has been an explosion in the popularity of audio-based content on the internet, whether it be audio-based chatrooms or podcasts. Now, Facebook has been revealed to be launching their own podcast streaming support on the platform from next week on June 22nd.
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The battle between social media giant Twitter and the Government of India has heated up significantly as Indian Government may revoke the protections offered by Twitter being an Intermediary. This decision was taken after Twitter reportedly remains non-compliant with the new IT rules that went into effect on May 25th.
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Twitter mentions are a great way to be included in different conversations on the platform. However, it is possible to get overwhelmed by mention notifications and sometimes even get pulled into unwanted conversations. To solve these issues, Twitter is looking into ways to “unmention” yourself from a thread.
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After announcing support for Dolby Atmos, Lossless and Spatial audio in Apple Music, Apple began rolling it out to Apple devices last week. The features will soon be available on the Android Apple Music app, as the company has begun testing them in the beta app.
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Voice calls have existed on WhatsApp for iOS and Android for quite a while now. The feature is finally being added in WhatsApp for KaiOS-enabled devices, bringing VoIP capabilities to smart feature phone users around the world.
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Facebook is reportedly working on expanding their hardware ecosystem with the addition of a smartwatch that may launch in the summer of next year. The smartwatch is said to feature a display that can be detached from the wrist, with two cameras for taking videos and answering video calls, along with a heart rate sensor.
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Gated communities are common in metropolitan cities around the world, thanks to rapid urbanisation. These communities host quite a sum of families inside a compound, which in turn brings a lot of footfalls of going in and out of the community. Additionally, security concerns are rising too, for obvious reasons. Continue reading “Every Housing Society Gate Should Have MyGate: Here’s why”
Twitter has been working on multiple features lately that are designed to bring more revenue for the company. One such feature is called Super Follow, where users will be able to charge their followers for some extra exclusive content. The feature has been in the works for some months now, and is reportedly about to be launched soon.
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