Video-streaming platform Twitch gets a big social media feature: Stories

Live gaming platform Twitch is now getting a popular social media feature, Pocket-lint reports. We’re talking about stories, which is usually the case on social media.

Twitch receives stories

The mobile app will now receive the update with the new feature, and the news was announced in a Twitch blog post. Stories were first introduced on Snapchat and have since been adopted by a large number of social media apps, including Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and others. For Stories on Twitch, everything is pretty similar to what we’re used to on other platforms. Creators can add images, text, posts, and live streaming clips to their Stories. The Story will be visible for 48 hours then it will disappear.

This new feature will allow streamers to give quick updates to their followers directly on Twitch. This makes it easier for subscribers and streamers to get and provide updates without needing to go to another platform to do so.

Initially, the new feature will be available to Twitch partners and affiliates who have streamed in the last 30 days, so virtually only established creators will be able to use the feature first. Streamers with more than 30 subscribers will also be able to create subscriber-only stories.

Initially, creators will be able to add text and emojis to their images and clips in Stories, but more features will be added later (including the ability to upload videos, edit clips, tag d other Twitch users and even surveys).