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Facebook takes on Clubhouse, unveils upcoming audio products
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company plans to launch several audio products, including Clubhouse-style live audio rooms and a way for users to find and play podcasts.
Key points:
- Facebook will begin to test live audio rooms, which will launch by summer in the US
- Clubhouse is not yet available on Android
- It faces competition from multiple companies working on similar applications
Facebook’s incursion into the audio market comes as the sudden explosion of interest in Clubhouse, an audio app where billionaires and celebrities including Tesla CEO Elon Musk have popped in to chat, could be waning.
Downloads of the Clubhouse app, which is only available on Apple’s iOS devices, suffered an estimated 70 per cent decline in downloads in…
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