Rotterdam hosts this year's event featuring top streamers
Twitch starts today the TwitchCon 2024a fair taking place in Rotterdam to unite the platform's vibrant global community while meeting their favorite streamers. During the opening ceremony, Dan Clancy, its CEO, has revealed the Upcoming news coming to Twitchhighlighting new updates and programs to further unite content creators.
First of all, Twitch has revealed the Streamer Achievement Program, intended to recognize those who have achieved significant milestones. This program will have three levels, rewarding creators who have accumulated 5, 20 and 250 million hours viewed.
On the other hand, a new Creators Club will help streamers find communities with similar interests. Starting in July it will be possible to join DJ and IRL clubs, with exclusive access to a Club Discord, special events and monthly workshops.
For its part, Twitch's mobile app will receive a redesign to improve the user experience and make it easier to find content. Among the new features there will be improvements in autoplay and performance, while the function of the Stories will allow streamers to connect with their audience even outside of their live broadcasts, just as is done on other apps like Facebook or Instagram with videos of up to 60 seconds.
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Twitch will also add a new feature within the Stream Together program to facilitate collaborations between streamers, allowing you to join other broadcasts in a simple way and without complex planning. For their part, the empowerments will allow viewers to support their favorite streamers with special effects in the chat. For its part, the DJ program will allow DJs to stream popular music starting August 1.Enhanced Streaming: 4K on Twitch.
Finally, Twitch will also improve its streaming service for all content creators with a latest version of OBS Studio that will allow 1400p/4K broadcastsimproving video quality and accessibility for viewers around the world.
What is unknown now is the future of certain streamers, with cases like that of Ibaiwhich ends its contract with Twitch soon.
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