Clubhouse now lets hosts record conversations for later listening

One among Clubhouse’s defining traits was that all the audio chats that occurred on its platform have been dwell. As soon as the dialog was over, it was over. That helped construct an air of exclusivity round Clubhouse’s audio chat rooms, particularly within the earlier days the place solely influencers and celebrities had entry to the app.

However now, the corporate appears to have modified its tune. Clubhouse has simply referred to as Replay, the place customers can select to report the audio chat after which reserve it to a membership or profile. They are often downloaded and shared externally too, simply in case somebody desires to make use of it as a podcast or a TikTok soundtrack.

Replay may even help pinned links, a current characteristic that enables chat moderators to hyperlink out to totally different websites throughout a dialog. These hyperlinks will stay absolutely interactive to those that are listening to the recording afterward as effectively.

Listeners to a recorded dialog can skip to the subsequent speaker, pause, scrub, or make a 30-second clip. They’ll additionally take heed to it at 1.5 or 2x pace. Nonetheless, remember that creators will be capable of see who’s listening to their Replays. They’ll additionally be capable of have a “whole room rely” to see how many individuals in whole — each dwell and recorded — listened to the room. Beginning subsequent week, Replays will seem on Clubhouse’s discovery pages, which incorporates search.

As TechCrunch factors out, Replay is clearly nice for individuals who don’t have time to catch a dwell audio occasion, which in flip makes Clubhouse extra interesting to these with busy schedules. As Clubhouse will get extra competitors similar to Twitter Areas and Fb’s Dwell Audio Rooms, it’ll possible want much more options to assist differentiate itself from its rivals.