The 10th TwitchCon is underway. The weekend’s keynote covered new features for streamers and some app changes. When it comes to the latter, Twitch is, in most cases, moving away from general bans and moving towards targeted enforcement. So a chat violation may not affect an account’s ability to stream, or vice versa.
Dual-format streaming, which lets you live stream both vertical and horizontal views, is rolling out in beta. Twitch tested the feature with a small number of accounts starting in August. The wider beta launches next week.
Of course, AI made an appearance during the keynote. First, Auto Clips is a new feature that automates the creation of highlights for streamers. Twitch also mentioned that Meta’s AI glasses will soon support live streaming on Twitch. (We first learned this feature was coming to Meta Connect in September.) An update to the Twitch mobile app will add this support in “the coming months.”
Streamers will be happy to know that Twitch is adding ways for them to earn money. He plans to increase the number of sponsorship deals on the platform. The company said this was due to advertisers’ growing enthusiasm for Twitch streamers. Twitch will begin rolling out the new offers to all monetizing streamers (including affiliates) in the coming months.
TwitchCon takes place this Sunday in San Diego.
