Twitch’s CEO has laid out plans for 2025. Remember that new mobile app they rolled out last August? To improve the viewing experience on smartphones, Twitch has decided to introduce a TikTok-style vertical feed. However, the community doesn’t seem to be happy with it at least for now.
Dan Clancy, Twitch’s CEO claimed that he is aware of the backlash, and he revealed that Twitch is trying a new feature that will let the streamers stream vertically. In a blog post, Clancy talked about wanting to make it easier for viewers to find stuff to watch while still helping streamers grow their communities.
According to Twitch, the Discovery and Clips feeds on the mobile app should be a win-win for everyone. To make that happen, they’re adding a feature that lets streamers provide both landscape and vertical video.
If you’re watching on your phone in portrait mode, you’ll see the vertical video. If you flip it to landscape, you’ll get the standard horizontal stream. It will be as simple as that.
In the middle of the year, we will be adding the ability to provide both landscape and vertical video through Enhanced Broadcasting and will integrate the vertical video source into the mobile app depending upon the orientation of the phone.
Twitch’s CEO, Dan Clancy
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