Facebook Working On A Bunch Of New Audio Products
https://www.vox.comFacebook wants you to start talking, and listening, on Facebook.
Sources say the social network is planning to announce a series of products under the umbrella of “social audio” on Monday. Facebook’s audio plans include:
- An audio-only version of Rooms, a videoconferencing product it launched a year ago, when the pandemic spurred massive adoption of Zoom.
- A Clubhouse-like product that will let groups of people listen to and interact with speakers on a virtual “stage.”
- A product that will let Facebook users record brief voice messages and post them in their newsfeeds, like they currently can do with text, pictures, and videos.
- A podcast discovery product that will be connected with Spotify, which has invested heavily in podcasting over the last couple years. It’s unclear to me if Facebook intends to do more beyond flagging podcasts for its users and sending them to Spotify.
