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The company announced the development during a recent town hall event. It said that the Android version of Clubhouse had entered beta testing with a few "friendly testers." The initial testers will provide the company with early feedback before the app is eventually rolled out to the rest of the public.
Since it is a closed beta test as of now, there is no way for Android users to sign up for the app yet. Once the app is straightened out with all the bug fixes and improvements recorded through the closed beta test, it will only be released to the public.
Till then, Clubhouse urged its existing user base to give "a warm welcome" to anyone claiming to be using the Android version as part of the beta test. It indicated that more Android users would be taken on board "over the coming weeks."
Clubhouse on Android: Is it too late?
Over the past year since its launch, Clubhouse has become the unseen face of voice-based social media platforms. Even though the audio-only space was intriguing existing players for long, none of them could bring it to the spotlight the way Clubhouse managed to.
Clubhouse, however, based part of its charm on exclusivity, with it being an invite-only app exclusive to Apple users. This ultimately left a void in the market, giving tech majors like Facebook and Twitter to double down on their efforts to bring voice messaging to their users.
Facebook, for instance, has announced an all-out audio strategy for all its platforms. In addition to bringing audio snippets for Facebook feeds, Facebook will also allow Instagram users to turn off their video during an Instagram Live.
As for Twitter, the microblogging platform is pushing its Twitter Spaces to all its existing and new users. As pointed out by TechCrunch, more Clubhouse alternatives by Reddit, LinkedIn, Spotify and others are also in the works.
Clubhouse will thus have to sprint ahead if it wants to capture the majority of the Android user base in the audio chat space. For now, the company has not announced a specific timeline for the launch of its Android app, but it is expected to be live in the next few months.
- Android version of Clubhouse is being tested by a few "friendly testers."
- More Android users will be onboarded for the testing in the coming weeks.
- Clubhouse is not the only prominent player in the voice chat space anymore.
The company announced the development during a recent town hall event. It said that the Android version of Clubhouse had entered beta testing with a few "friendly testers." The initial testers will provide the company with early feedback before the app is eventually rolled out to the rest of the public.
Since it is a closed beta test as of now, there is no way for Android users to sign up for the app yet. Once the app is straightened out with all the bug fixes and improvements recorded through the closed beta test, it will only be released to the public.
Till then, Clubhouse urged its existing user base to give "a warm welcome" to anyone claiming to be using the Android version as part of the beta test. It indicated that more Android users would be taken on board "over the coming weeks."
Clubhouse on Android: Is it too late?
Over the past year since its launch, Clubhouse has become the unseen face of voice-based social media platforms. Even though the audio-only space was intriguing existing players for long, none of them could bring it to the spotlight the way Clubhouse managed to.
Clubhouse, however, based part of its charm on exclusivity, with it being an invite-only app exclusive to Apple users. This ultimately left a void in the market, giving tech majors like Facebook and Twitter to double down on their efforts to bring voice messaging to their users.
Facebook, for instance, has announced an all-out audio strategy for all its platforms. In addition to bringing audio snippets for Facebook feeds, Facebook will also allow Instagram users to turn off their video during an Instagram Live.
As for Twitter, the microblogging platform is pushing its Twitter Spaces to all its existing and new users. As pointed out by TechCrunch, more Clubhouse alternatives by Reddit, LinkedIn, Spotify and others are also in the works.
Clubhouse will thus have to sprint ahead if it wants to capture the majority of the Android user base in the audio chat space. For now, the company has not announced a specific timeline for the launch of its Android app, but it is expected to be live in the next few months.
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