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Discord has launched an audio channel feature in competition with ClubhouseLike radio for people who don’t own radios
Like radio for people who don’t own radios
Discord, the gaming chat platform, has added a new feature called Stage Channels. These are described as “a special type of voice channel… where some people can talk and others can listen as the audience.” It’s essentially the defining feature of Clubhouse, the invite-only mobile app that briefly attracted media attention earlier this year.
In a Stage Channel, certain participants are marked as speakers while everyone else is the mute audience. You might think of it as like livestreaming without the video component, or like a live podcast. Or, wait - it’s radio. You remember radio, right? Because for a moment there, I did not.
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Adding extra interest to this story is the rumour last week thatMicrosoft are in talks to buy Discord for $10 billion (around £7.2 billion). Microsoft have tried and failed to build their own streaming and community tool for folks who play games (RIPMixer), so it’s not a surprise they’d be interested in buying one that already exists.
You can read more about how Discord’s new Stage Channels work and how to start oneon this Discord support page.
