The murky space of ‘social audio’
3 years, 9 months ago

The murky space of ‘social audio’

The Hindu  

Clubhouse, a new social networking app based around audio rooms, surpassed 2 million Android downloads across the world last month. Audio rooms are likely to throw up new challenges for data regulators, who are yet to find effective ways to regulate traditional social media platforms. This is what upstarts like Clubhouse are trying to do, as ‘social audio’ is one such adjacent market that has opened up only recently. While the market of ‘social audio’ is likely to soon become a battleground, the medium won’t truly progress until innovation is balanced with respect for privacy, security and data rights.

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Clubhouse Aims To Become Audio Messaging App With 'Chats'
1 year, 6 months ago

Clubhouse Aims To Become Audio Messaging App With 'Chats'

ABP News  

Months after laying off 50 per cent of its staff, social audio platform Clubhouse is trying to make a comeback as it revamps itself into an audio messaging app. The company has announced it is "evolving" Clubhouse to be more like a messaging app with a big new update, available now on both iOS and Android devices. Clubhouse's new update …

Clubhouse transforms into voice-only messaging app with 'Chats' feature
1 year, 6 months ago

Clubhouse transforms into voice-only messaging app with 'Chats' feature

India TV News  

Clubhouse transforms into voice-only messaging app with 'Chats' feature The new 'Chats' feature includes push-to-talk, 2x playback speed, skipping messages with a tap, swiping to move to the next Chat, and the option to engage in private conversations with friends. Now, it has reemerged as an audio messaging app with a fresh feature called "Chats." According to the company, Chats …

Meet Swell, a voice-based social platform that’s like Clubhouse, but also like Instagram and Twitter
3 years, 8 months ago

Meet Swell, a voice-based social platform that’s like Clubhouse, but also like Instagram and Twitter

Firstpost  

Swell, at the first look, seems like a blend of features from WhatsApp, Instagram, and Clubhouse but the final concoction is unique – and its beauty is asynchronicity. A San Francisco startup called Swell, by co-founders Sudha K Varadarajan and Arish Ali, is a new voice-based social platform which – at the first look – seems like a blend of …

Playing it by the ear: the art of debate on audio social apps
3 years, 9 months ago

Playing it by the ear: the art of debate on audio social apps

Live Mint  

During a weekly Clubhouse town hall session on 20 June, the app’s co-founder, Paul Davison, made an interesting observation. In recent months, there has been a melee of other launches: Facebook rolled out a live audio rooms feature this week, Spaces lets you have audio conversations on Twitter, and Spotify launched Greenroom, its social audio app, just days ago. There …

Clubhouse may be expanding beyond audio-only communication
3 years, 9 months ago

Clubhouse may be expanding beyond audio-only communication

Live Mint  

After making a name for itself for being an ‘audio-only’ platform, Clubhouse seems to be adding more communication methods. An update received by some users seems to have introduced a new feature called “backchanne”, which essentially adds a chat platform within the app. The addition to Clubhouse’s interface appears momentarily and has since disappeared from the app, prompting speculation that …

Facebook Rolls Out Clubhouse-Like Live Audio Rooms and Podcasts
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook Rolls Out Clubhouse-Like Live Audio Rooms and Podcasts

News 18  

Facebook on Monday launched its own Clubhouse-style live audio rooms and a way to find and play podcasts on its platform, marking a push into social audio by the world’s largest social network. Public figures and certain Facebook Groups in the United States using iOS will be able to create live audio rooms, with up to 50 speakers and unlimited …

Facebook's Clubhouse copycat, Live Audio Rooms, rolls out to some 'US-based public figures'n
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook's Clubhouse copycat, Live Audio Rooms, rolls out to some 'US-based public figures'n

Daily Mail  

Facebook has officially launched its Live Audio Rooms initiative - which lets users host and listen in on live audio-only discussions - a new feature that has been dubbed a Clubhouse copycat. Scroll down for video Facebook has officially rolled its Live Audio Rooms that is being called a Clubhouse copycat, as it let users host and listen in on …

Facebook rolls out 'live audio', podcasts in US
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook rolls out 'live audio', podcasts in US

The Hindu  

Facebook on Monday began rolling out its service for people seeking audio-based connections in a direct challenge to the upstart social platform Clubhouse. The "live audio rooms" will enable users of the social media giant to listen to, and sometimes participate in, conversations led by celebrities and "influencers" or create a fundraiser on the platform. The new audio features "enable …

Facebook launches Clubhouse-like Live Audio service: Here's how it works
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook launches Clubhouse-like Live Audio service: Here's how it works

India TV News  

Facebook is also launching a new service in order to compete against Clubhouse. Facebook says it is allowing public figures with verified accounts to start live audio rooms and invite anyone else to speak. CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has appeared on the video streaming app Clubhouse in the past, hosted his own live audio room on his Facebook page last …

Facebook launches podcasts, live audio service
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook launches podcasts, live audio service

Associated Press  

Facebook is launching podcasts and live audio streams in the U.S. on Monday to keep users engaged on its platform and to compete with emerging rivals. Facebook says it is allowing public figures with verified accounts to start live audio rooms and invite anyone else to speak. CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has appeared on the video streaming app Clubhouse in …

Central agencies pry on Clubhouse chat rooms
3 years, 9 months ago

Central agencies pry on Clubhouse chat rooms

The Hindu  

With a surging number of users in the Android version of Clubhouse, Central agencies has now started snooping on voice chat rooms of the audio-only App that hosts live discussions 24/7. Sources said that at least a dozen Central agencies, including the Intelligence Bureau, Research and Analysis Wing, National Investigation Agency, Enforcement Directorate, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Central Bureau of …

Vanishing videos, words and voice ... Clubhouse as new craze on social media
3 years, 9 months ago

Vanishing videos, words and voice ... Clubhouse as new craze on social media

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Would you invest in a social media app where users cannot upload pictures or videos, where you cannot type any text, where nothing remains after the moment passes - without scope to like, re-tweet or share, or even join by downloading it if you want? The audio app allows users to create or join voice chat rooms where users …

Clubhouse for iOS, Android: A complete guide on how to use this audio chat room app
3 years, 10 months ago

Clubhouse for iOS, Android: A complete guide on how to use this audio chat room app

India TV News  

The invite-only audio chat app ‘Clubhouse’ has become the talk of the town. Clubhouse is an audio-based social networking app where users can communicate in voice chat rooms. The clubhouse app has garnered popularity quickly because of its very idea and since it has hosted personalities like Elon Musk and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. How to create an account on …

Clubhouse Clocks 2 Million Downloads on Google Play Within 2 Weeks of Android Launch
3 years, 10 months ago

Clubhouse Clocks 2 Million Downloads on Google Play Within 2 Weeks of Android Launch

News 18  

Clubhouse, the audio-based social media app was launched for Android in May and clocked over 1 million downloads within a week of the app’s launch on Android. Now, the app has amassed 2 million downloads on the Google Play Store in less than two weeks of the app’s launch on Android. The audio-based chat application first started rolling out for …

The dawn of social audio apps and their relevance to users
3 years, 10 months ago

The dawn of social audio apps and their relevance to users

The Hindu  

Social audio apps are a new kind of platforms that have gained prominence after Clubhouse became popular. Unlike other social media platforms, Clubhouse and its tribe of audio apps provide their users, fatigued by video-calls and meetings during the pandemic, a chance to connect sans camera. India, an early adopter Audio apps have been adopted by a range of users, …

Now talk and listen endlessly through Clubhouse —an audio-based social media app: Step-by-step guide
3 years, 10 months ago

Now talk and listen endlessly through Clubhouse —an audio-based social media app: Step-by-step guide

India Today  

The invite-based and audio-only platform ‘Clubhouse’ has become the talk of the town even though it was launched not long ago. With more and more social media influencers, especially youngsters, using the Clubhouse app, people have now started getting invitations to join the app in bulk. Clubhouse, an audio-based social media application, is a platform where users can communicate in …

Twitter Spaces Audio Chatroom is Now Accessible via Mobile and Desktop Browsers
3 years, 10 months ago

Twitter Spaces Audio Chatroom is Now Accessible via Mobile and Desktop Browsers

News 18  

Twitter is expanding Twitter Spaces, its audio-based chatroom inspired by Clubhouse, to its web client, the company announced earlier today. Until now, the Twitter Spaces chatroom was limited to the app for iOS and Android. Twitter also shared screenshots of how the Spaces chatroom looks on the web client. Meanwhile, Twitter Spaces’ biggest rival Clubhouse rolled out the Android version …

Community-led online radio meets live-streaming across Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces
3 years, 10 months ago

Community-led online radio meets live-streaming across Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces

The Hindu  

Every night, Tamil Twitter users briefly pause work from home pressures and COVID-19 updates, then sing their heart out. Drop-in audio platform Clubhouse, launched by Alpha Exploration Co in March 2020, observed a flocking of people as ‘screen fatigue’ picked up. However, after months of anticipation, Clubhouse also opened to Android users globally this past week, widening the audience reach …

Clubhouse app says hello to Android
3 years, 10 months ago

Clubhouse app says hello to Android

The Hindu  

A little over a year after making its debut in iOS, audio-chatting app Clubhouse is now opening its account in Android. The app was launched last March exclusively for iOS users to let them connect with others via chat rooms sans cameras. By the time it was ready for general use to all Apple users in June, ‘zoom fatigue’ was …

Facebook is building Clubhouse-style audio products
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook is building Clubhouse-style audio products

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc on Monday said it will launch several audio products on the platform that can help it compete against Clubhouse, an audio-only chatting app that grew popular early this year. The world largest’s social network will introduce a set of new audio creation tools to create a sound studio, allowing users to mix audio tracks, add sound and voice …

Facebook announces live rooms, podcasts and other audio products to take on Clubhouse
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook announces live rooms, podcasts and other audio products to take on Clubhouse

India Today  

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday announced a range of new audio-only products. Zuckerberg noted that Facebook’s goal is to build audio products that will be as strong as it text, photo and video products. Facebook audio products will also feature soundbites which is a short-form audio product that will feature a stream of brief clips. We also want to …

Facebook announces plans for its Clubhouse chatroom copycat
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook announces plans for its Clubhouse chatroom copycat

Daily Mail  

Facebook announced Monday it is developing a series of ‘social audio’ products to compete against rivals such as Twitter and popular new chatroom app Clubhouse. As well as targeting Twitter and Clubhouse, Facebook also appears to have set Apple in its sights by offering users podcasts that can be downloaded and listened to directly in its main app Mark Zuckerberg …

Facebook is joining the (very) crowded audio space with soundbites, live rooms and podcasts
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook is joining the (very) crowded audio space with soundbites, live rooms and podcasts

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Facebook has long dominated much of our screen time. Facebook wants to “treat audio as a first-class medium in the way that we treat photos and videos,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Monday in an interview with journalist Casey Newton on another group-chatting platform, Discord. Facebook Live Audio Rooms mimics the experience on Clubhouse and Twitter …

Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces are the Goldilocks zone of conversation – they’re just right
4 years ago

Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces are the Goldilocks zone of conversation – they’re just right

Firstpost  

With the current renaissance in podcasting and sudden interest by big tech in ephemeral audio content, it appears that we’re on the cusp of something. Unless you took social distancing a little too far and were living in a cave, you would know that Clubhouse is a social platform built around the “drop-in audio chat” model. Constant Zoom calls and …

LinkedIn Is the Latest Platform to Be Working on Clubhouse-Inspired Audio Chatroom
4 years ago

LinkedIn Is the Latest Platform to Be Working on Clubhouse-Inspired Audio Chatroom

News 18  

LinkedIn has revealed that the company is working on an audio-based chatroom feature within the app that appears to be inspired by Clubhouse. The development comes amid its rivals like Facebook and Twitter have also announced the launch of a similar voice-based chatroom to provide users with a new way of communication on their respective platforms. Similarly, LinkedIn’s audio room …

Facebook's Clubhouse-Inspired Live Audio Feature Spotted, Company Says Service Under Development
4 years ago

Facebook's Clubhouse-Inspired Live Audio Feature Spotted, Company Says Service Under Development

News 18  

Facebook is planning to update its ‘Messenger Room’ feature with a voice-based chat option that is said to be inspired by Clubhouse. Back in February 2021, a New York Times report stated that the company is working on a Clubhouse-like feature though it was unclear whether the social media giant is working on a new platform or an integrated experience …

How Clubhouse became a sandbox for talking ’influencers’
4 years ago

How Clubhouse became a sandbox for talking ’influencers’

Live Mint  

An internet spin on talk radio, the new social network Clubhouse has become a sandbox for people tinkering with ways to win fans and make money with audio. Taz Zammit recounted being in a Clubhouse "room" while a beloved DJ made millions of dollars auctioning off musical creations tuned to the hot trend of authentication with "non fungible token" technology. …

Twitter to launch Clubhouse-like feature in Android devices
4 years ago

Twitter to launch Clubhouse-like feature in Android devices

The Hindu  

Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it has rolled out Spaces, its Clubhouse-equivalent audio chat feature, to Android devices. The social network announced a private beta testing of Spaces in iOS devices in December last year, aiming to compete with Clubhouse, an invite-only audio chat app available exclusively to iPhone users. Twitter’s move to extend the feature to Android users could …

How safe is Clubhouse?
4 years, 1 month ago

How safe is Clubhouse?

Wired  

Clubhouse / WIRED It was a Sunday night in late January when audio-only social network Clubhouse burst into the mainstream. As Musk turned interviewer, asking Tenev about the real story behind Wall Street Bets, the room stretched beyond Clubhouse’s 5,000 person limit. The audio was streamed live on YouTube – against Clubhouse’s terms of service – fuelling the app’s rise …

Clubhouse's Security and Privacy Lag Behind Its Explosive Growth
55 years, 3 months ago

Clubhouse's Security and Privacy Lag Behind Its Explosive Growth

Wired  

In recent months, the audio-based social media app Clubhouse has emerged as Silicon Valley's latest disruptive darling. “Things you might have gotten away with with only 100,000 people on the platform—you increase those numbers tenfold and the level of exposure goes up, the threat goes up, the number of people probing your platform goes up.” Recent security concerns about Clubhouse …

Clubhouse, the invite-only audio app, has spying concerns? Here is the story so far
4 years, 1 month ago

Clubhouse, the invite-only audio app, has spying concerns? Here is the story so far

India Today  

Clubhouse, the audio chat app currently limited to iPhone users, is reviewing its data protection practices after a report pointed out that the audio file may be exposed to China-based servers. The Stanford Internet Observatory researchers in a report said that Clubhouse users' ID numbers and chatroom IDs are transmitted in plaintext to Agora. In a published blog post, the …

Clubhouse | The new network on the block
4 years, 1 month ago

Clubhouse | The new network on the block

The Hindu  

It is being touted as the next big thing in social media. At a time when much of the social media conversation is driven by pithy text updates, filtered photos, snappy videos, and memes, the San Francisco-based Clubhouse app is centred around people talking real-time, no cameras on. “Voice is so universal but in the world of social networking, it’s …

Facebook reportedly building a Clubhouse clone for audio-only groups
4 years, 1 month ago

Facebook reportedly building a Clubhouse clone for audio-only groups

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Clubhouse, the audio-only social media app that is currently exclusive on iPhones, has risen in popularity, hosting …

Facebook Working on New Voice-Based Chat Platform to Rival Clubhouse
4 years, 1 month ago

Facebook Working on New Voice-Based Chat Platform to Rival Clubhouse

News 18  

Facebook is reportedly working on its own version of Clubhouse – the invitation-only audio-chat social networking app. According to a report in The New York Times, the social media giant has asked employees to create a similar product like Clubhouse, though the development is said to be in early stages. “We’ve been connecting people through audio and video technologies for …

EXPLAINER: What is Clubhouse, the buzzy new audio chat app?
4 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: What is Clubhouse, the buzzy new audio chat app?

Associated Press  

Clubhouse, an invitation-only audio chat app launched less than a year ago, has caught the attention of tech industry bigshots like Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg — not to mention the Chinese government, which has already blocked it in the country. Although Clubhouse hasn’t divulged how many people are using its service, its app has been …

Clubhouse May Be Social Media's Future. What's All The Hype About?
4 years, 1 month ago

Clubhouse May Be Social Media's Future. What's All The Hype About?

NPR  

Clubhouse May Be Social Media's Future. Sponsor Message Tech analyst Jeremiah Owyang, who was one of the first to sign up for Clubhouse, said the serendipity of the app --"that pleasure of not knowing what's next" — is part of the draw. She hosts a weekly room called "Office Hours," where she and many others gather for "workshopping just tough …

Twitter rolls out Clubhouse-like audio feature Spaces for select iOS users
4 years, 1 month ago

Twitter rolls out Clubhouse-like audio feature Spaces for select iOS users

India Today  

Twitter introduced Spaces in late December, last year, which it described as online venues built around the voices of the people using the platform. However, the app is currently in private beta and Clubhouse in its Twitter description directs users to download the app to join the waitlist. Twitter’s Spaces which is very similar to Clubhouse, lets users have audio-discussions …

Clubhouse: The audio-only social app that has Twitter on alert
4 years, 2 months ago

Clubhouse: The audio-only social app that has Twitter on alert

CNN  

CNN Business — For months, people have been clamoring to get access to Clubhouse, a buzzy invite-only social media app where members join virtual rooms to have live, unscripted discussions. Davison and Seth, who are both well connected in the tech industry from previous roles at top companies, said their goal with Clubhouse “was to build a social experience that …

The Future of Social Media Is All Talk
4 years, 3 months ago

The Future of Social Media Is All Talk

Wired  

Earlier this year, just as quarantine boredom began to set in, Alex Marshall got an invitation to test a new app. Marshall was one of Clubhouse’s first 100 users, and she quickly got hooked on the app, which works like an audio chatroom. And because you could hear everyone’s voices, the interactions with complete strangers could feel oddly intimate—like listening …

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