Twitch announces new features including stream summary, enabling raids on mobile devices, new moderation tools, and more

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Livestreaming giant, Twitch announced a bunch of new and upcoming features during a recent patch_notes broadcast on their official channel. The two-hour-long stream was hosted by the platform's Lead Community Producer, Zachary Ryan, and Community Marketing Manager, Ray Apollo.

After the end of the broadcast, the Amazon-owned company took to Twitter to provide details on the essential features that will be rolled out in the near future.

The set of most-anticipated features included stream summaries, enabling raids from mobile devices, revamps to the IRL section on mobile devices, new moderation tools, and pinning chat messages.

The platform's president, Dan Clancy, was featured in the August 25 patch_notes livestream. He provided insights into what Twitch hoped to achieve by delivering the new features.

At the 21-minute mark, Dan Clancy talked a bit about the recent partner changes, which removed the content creator's exclusivity clause from the contract.

Following that, he stated that it was important to provide possibilities for creators to experiment, explore, and seek out opportunities that were appropriate for them. He stated:

He continued further by saying:

The minute-long clip ended with Dan Clancy mentioning:

Following the address, the hosts began showcasing the upcoming features planned to hit the livestreaming service. Community members will finally be able to download clips on their mobile devices, and this feature is scheduled to launch in late September:

Later this year, stream summaries, enabling raids using mobile devices, and an overhaul of the IRL flow on mobile devices will be introduced:

Twitch's Product Manager Jacca "Merry Kish" revealed that the platform would be introducing a new feature called "native shout