It hasn’t been too long since Twitch hinted at the development of a new feed called the Discovery feed. Now, Twitch is introducing this feed to their mobile app later this month.
During a Patch Notes Livestream, Jessica Sung (Product Manager at Twitch) introduced the new feed that’s coming to the Twitch mobile app. It will be a scrollable feed where you can switch between livestreams and clips. This will help you find more content on Twitch, and as a streamer, it will help you get discovered by more people.
The new feed will show both livestreams and clips
In the ‘Live’ feed, you will see streams of different streamers that are currently live. This feed will not only show livestreams of streamers you already follow but also of streamers that you might like to watch based on your watch history. This will be helpful, as you won’t have to sit through a pre-roll ad before even knowing if the content is to your liking or not.
Although you will see some ads in the feed but they will be scrollable. This means you won’t have to pause your viewing because of ads. Additionally, the frequency of these ads will be very low, which will ensure that you have the best viewing experience.
While scrolling through the feed, if you find a stream that you would like to join, you can simply tap on the streamer’s avatar to enter the theater mode, where you can chat and follow the streamer.
You can access the Clips feed when you have a few minutes to spare on the app and want to check out interesting clips from livestreams. This feed will contain clips from both streamers you follow and clips that Twitch thinks you will enjoy watching.
The Clips feed will also indicate if the streamer is currently live, along with few other options, including the ability to like or dislike the clip. You also have the option to share the clip with your friends on different platforms. Additionally, there is a ‘Follow’ button that you can tap to return to that streamer when they are live next time.
The Twitch discovery feed is already accessible to some users as an experimental feature. It will start rolling out to all users later this month, so make sure you have the latest version of the app installed.
