Faced withplummeting app downloadson iOS in late month , Clubhouse has one matter to say : Hello , Android .
The audio - based social networkannounced on Sundayin a town hall it would be rolling out to Android users worldwide by Friday afternoon , May 21 . In a Twitter post , Clubhouse said that it would start its expansion with Japan , Brazil , and Russia on Tuesday . The company said it would add handiness in other state throughout the workweek , specifying that it would launch in Nigeria and India on Friday morn .
Clubhouse secernate Gizmodo on Sunday that it hadbegun its first waveof the Android beta rollout in the U.S. last workweek . In the end , the company also ended up launching its app in New Zealand , Canada , Australia , and the UK . Clubhouse said the app is still invitation - only , but that people can download the app on the Play Store , and Friend on the app may ask for them in .
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Besides announcing its worldwide enlargement on Android , Clubhouse said it was working on feature of speech parity in Android and iOS . TechCrunchpoints outthat Clubhouse ’s Android app still lacks several characteristic offered on iOS . During last hebdomad ’s Android launching , the outlet stated , users could n’t follow a topic , make or wield a club , link their societal profiles , make payments , or transfer their visibility name .
While Clubhouse ’s expanding upon on Android was expect , and some might say delinquent , the app might be hoping that rolling out to more devices will allow for it to recover its lost steam . Since its iOS launch last yr , the app has seenexplosive maturation , attracting tech billionaires likeFacebook CEO Mark ZuckerbergandTesla CEO Elon Musk .
The sheen around Clubhouse recentlybegan to taper off , though . According to the analytics firm SensorTower , Clubhouse had 2 million downloads in January and then jumped to more than 9.5 million in February . Downloads dunk in March to 2.7 million and then again in April , when they drop off to below a million .
The reasons for Clubhouse ’s rollercoaster of outgrowth over these past few calendar month are still up in the aura . Some saythat the app became a success because it launched at the beginning of the pandemic , a clock time when so many of us were stuck deep down and starved for human link . Today , the earth is different . thing are opening back up again . Vaccinated people aretaking off their masksand go outside , so the estimation of jaw on an audio - only platform may just not take for the same appeal .
The social app landscape painting is different as well because users have more choice . Big Tech ’s social apps are all copying Clubhouse ’s format . Instagram , for example , has give user the alternative toturn off their audio or videowhen using Instagram Live . Twitter has launch Spaces , which give up usersto join virtual roomsand have genuine - time audio conversations with others . Facebook is also working onits own version of Clubhouse , as areLinkedIn , Spotify , andSlack , just to name a few .
It ’s unclear whether Clubhouse ’s spherical rollout to Android will save it from becoming a take place craze , but we ’ll find out soon .
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