LinkedIn working on Clubhouse-like audio networking feature: Report
Inspired by the soaring success of invite-only audio chat app
Clubhouse, Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is now
working on a similar app for over 740 million members in more than 200
countries.
The leading professional networking platform confirmed the move to
TechCrunch, saying that it is working on an audio networking feature.
"We're doing some early tests to create a unique audio
experience connected to your professional identity," LinkedIn said in a
statement.
"We're looking at how we can bring audio to other parts of LinkedIn such as
events and groups, to give our members even more ways to connect to their
community," the company said on Tuesday.
According to LinkedIn, it will start beta testing of the new audio
chat feature soon.
Alarmed at the growing popularity of Clubhouse, several tech
giants have begun to a rival app and Twitter has finally started testing
'Spaces' on Android.
The Twitter Spaces tool is currently available on iOS Beta with a
host of iOS-exclusive features such as voice tweets, which is yet to arrive on
Android devices.
In the feature, users can create a 'Space' that their followers
can join to participate in a conversation. Anyone on Twitter can listen in on
the conversation, though only the host can control who gets to speak.
Clubhouse is
currently available on Apple App Store and has been downloaded more than 8
million times. The company is working on an Android version.
Facebook is also working on to build its own social audio app like Clubhouse.
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