Nuked Facebook wants to change that with a new dedicated mobile gaming app. The new mobile app will be available to the gaming community. Twitch and YouTube do n’t have much competition.
Facebook’s gaming app will largely curate and focus on the streaming community. It will also highlight casual games that people might play online already. The company has plans to release the app for iOS devices once’Apple approves them’.
The app was originally supposed to launch in June, but Facebook moved it up to meet current demand. The company feels like now is the perfect time to launch the app.
Fidji Simo, head of the Facebook app, said:’we see gaming as a form of entertainment that really connects people’.
Facebook has invested in gaming for years, and has tried to build up its streaming community by hosting eSports tournaments. More than 2.5 billion people use Facebook every month.
Facebook gaming saw a 210 percent increase in hours watched between December 2018 and December 2019. Streaming software company streamelements conducted regular reports on the streaming industry with analytics partner arsenal.gg.
The partnership was announced in February. Ceo of streamelements said it’s’another great move since content is king’.
Twitch commanded 61 percent of hours watched in December 2019. Youtube maintaining another 28 percent of the market. In fourth place is Microsoft’s mixer.
The function’lets users upload streams of other mobile games on the same device by pressing just a few buttons’. Once people are live, streams will appear on their personal pages, making it easier for friends and followers to watch.
