As Twitter focuses on the expansion of its ‘Spaces’ element, it’s now rolling out a key update that can help bring Spaces to new heights. Twitter emphasizes its push towards the integration of broader audio social functions and, in line with its current goals and objectives, has announced that ‘Spaces Recording’ is now live for select iOS users.
Much like how hosts would normally be able to record video sessions on Zoom, Spaces hosts will now be able to toggle Spaces recording on or off during the setup process. The ability to record Spaces broadcasts allows hosts to better share and reshare Spaces-specific audio content, thus maximizing and highlighting the option’s value.
For The Record
The update gives hosts the ability to download their own Spaces audio. Downloaded audio can then be used for several applications, including being repurposed for use as a podcast segment or as promotional audio material. What’s more, recordings don’t just apply to downloadable files, but also encompass previously aired Spaces that were also recorded; similar to how ‘Air-Drop’ works between iOS devices.
Despite taking a different direction of sorts, such shareability looks to greatly expand the value of Spaces, improving, in some ways, the originally ephemeral approach that gave audio social chats that much needed initial traction.
From what we can glean from the rise of Clubhouse, the fact that audio chats existed only in real-time contributed much to their appeal and even positioned them as a viable replacement for real-life conversations. On that note, adding the option to record facilitates more functionality, with broadcasters now able to build an audience that are able to reuse and re-distribute their audio content for better discovery and connection. This could be expanded even further if Twitter would give hosts the ability to save audio streams on their profiles, along with a new profile tab of audio content.
One of the only real considerations here would be whether your guests would want to actually be recorded or not, and how the potential licensing of such would pan out. There may also be complications around reusing others’ audio without due permission as regulations on intellectual property still cover audio-based content. Though we believe that Twitter is fully aware of this and is no doubt covering all possible bases to supply its users and broadcasters with sufficient prompts to indicate when recording is happening – beyond the standard ‘Rec’ symbol of course.
The Wrap
The majority of Twitter’s recent efforts put a lot of emphasis on Spaces as a key connective tool. This comes as no surprise given that Twitter is very open about its push as being a broader audio social platform. Not only that, but after the recent reveal of its Q3 performance, Twitter is tirelessly working to innovate new ways in which in can significantly improve its reach and engagement, with Spaces looking to be a crucial factor for all its future developments.
So far, out of all the new elements Twitter has seemingly been “experimenting” with, Spaces stands out as the best bet, with its heightened discovery features and distinct in-app elements positioning the platform to be the niche-leader when it comes to audio social.
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