Youtube has launched its Twitch.tv competitor Youtube Gaming, which enables users to search for gaming videos and watch as well as upload live game streams. The platform is currently available on desktop and as a separate app on Android. Interface: Youtube’s gaming interface is completely different from the regular one. Firstly, the website now displays two ‘pop-up’ sidebars, one listing trending/favourited games, the other listing featured and user subscribed channels. At the centre, a scrollable ‘Live’ channels list is displayed, although the highlighted channel is always on autoplay which is kind of annoying. Like Youtube, rest of the page is dedicated to various recommended, recently uploaded and popular channels. Features: As expected, users can subscribe to channels, favourite games etc., but the most important feature is the ability to stream and view games live. These live streams feature live chat on the sidebar where users can interact with each other. The search in Youtube Gaming has also been customized to provide only game related results. While the interface looks better than Twitch, Youtube’s offering falls short when it comes to broadcast options. Amazon’s Twitch: Last year, Amazon acquired Youtube Gaming’s closest competitor, the game streaming platform Twitch.tv for $970 million. The platform, which was launched in 2011, has the advantage of having being built up as a game streaming service and consequently, even offers an API for game developers to integrate into their games and enable direct streaming. However we imagine that Youtube, which has also been streaming non-computer games…
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