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YouTube gets mobile game streaming, new subscription
16 Oct 2015
  • YouTube Gaming has ramped up its challenge to Amazon-owned Twitch by adding streamed play of mobile games, and a new subscription option.

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  • The new application lets people stream from Android-powered gadgets, tapping into cameras to display players' faces in small frames on screens with game play.
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  • "Every day, games are played while waiting for the bus, riding the subway, or lounging on the couch - but what about live streaming your mobile game-play?" YouTube product manager Barbara Macdonald wrote in a blog post.
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  • "Users can now record and live stream mobile game-play on-the-go directly from Android devices using Mobile Capture on YouTube Gaming."
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  • It remained to be seen how many people are interested in watching play of casual games that dominate play on smartphones and tablets. The amount of time spent watching game-related video and live streams of play at YouTube totals more than 144 billion minutes each month, according to the Google-owned service.
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  • YouTube Gaming also improved ways to find and watch videos that might be of interest, or save snippets for later viewing.
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  • The California-based Internet service said it is testing a feature that lets people "sponsor" YouTube Gaming broadcasters they like through monthly subscriptions of $4 each. Sponsors are offered benefits such as access to special chat sessions and "badges" that identify them as sponsors in online forums.
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  • Twitch already lets fans subscribe to content creators.
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  • The rollout of YouTube Gaming at the end of August marked the public debut of an online venue where video game lovers can find commentary, live play, on-demand snippets and more.
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  • An English-language website at gaming.youtube.com was rolled out in countries where YouTube is available. 

 

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