Joining the club: Facebook launches live audio chat product test
Al Jazeera
Following the success of audio chat service Clubhouse, Facebook and Twitter are testing their live audio products.
Facebook Inc has started public testing of a new application dubbed Hotline, in which creators can speak and take live questions from an audience. This Q&A product combines audio with text and video elements and comes as social media platforms experiment with a rush of new live audio features. The success of the invite-only, year-old app Clubhouse, which has reported 10 million weekly active users, has demonstrated the potential of audio chat services, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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