Twitch have announced that their Xbox One app is set to include broadcasting and chat.
Posted on the official Twitch blog, the new features for the Twitch app will arrive on 11 March. Director of Customer Experience for Twitch, Jason Maestas explains the features below:
Broadcasting
- – Instantly live broadcast your games by simply speaking “Xbox, Broadcast”, or launch from within the Twitch app for Xbox One.
- – Position the webcam PIP in any corner of the screen to best fit your game.
- – Interact with broadcasters using the most lines of chat available on a console.
- – Your Xbox friends are notified when you go live.
Viewing and Chatting
- – View live gameplay from any Twitch source: Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC, PS4, etc.
- – Get notifications when your favorite gamers are broadcasting so you never miss a minute.
- – For Xbox One broadcasts, you can view the broadcaster’s Xbox Live profile and send them a party request and join their game.
- – See which Xbox Live friends are broadcasting and what they’re broadcasting.
- – Partake in the chat experience, including using your subscription-based emotes and chat badges.
- – Turbo subscribers get an ad-free experience.
With the app update coinciding with the US release date of Titanfall, we’re expecting to see lots of Xbox One users livestream EA and Respawn’s upcoming title direct from the console. Will you be using the new features in the Twitch app? Let us know!