Clubhouse involves Android; will stay invite solely

NEW DELHI :
Popular audio-only social media platform, Clubhouse, has lastly come to Android. The app will likely be out there solely to customers within the US proper now, however the firm stated it could be coming to different “English talking international locations” and the rest of the world in future. “Our plan over the next few weeks is to collect feedback from the community, fix any issues we see and work to add a few final features such as payments and club creation, before rolling it out more broadly,” the corporate stated in a weblog submit.

The app will proceed with its invite solely mannequin, which means customers can solely be a part of the platform on Android if they’re invited by somebody who’s already on Clubhouse. “As we head into the summer time and proceed to scale out the backend, we plan to start opening up even additional, welcoming tens of millions extra from the iOS waitlist, increasing language help, and including extra accessibility options, so that folks worldwide can expertise Clubhouse in a method that feels native to them,” the weblog submit stated. Users outdoors the US can pre-register for the app by way of the Google Play Store proper now.

The viral platform’s Android model has been anticipated for over a 12 months now, particularly since Twitter introduced competing platform Spaces to Android in March. Clubhouse can also be gearing up for competitors from the world’s largest social community, Facebook, which unveiled a number of audio options will probably be including over the remainder of the 12 months. Indian quick video platform, Chingari, had additionally unveiled an app referred to as Fireside (which emulates Clubhouse) earlier this month.

Clubhouse’s recognition has grown exponentially over the previous 12 months, due to a normal progress in audio and video chat platforms. The firm raised a collection C funding spherical in April, which raised its valuation to $4 billion. The spherical, which was financed by Andrew Chen, Partner at funding agency Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, Tiger Global and extra, tripled Clubhouse’s valuation since its collection B spherical in January.

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