Twitch is testing subscriber-only streams

It looks like the streaming platform Twitch is testing out a new feature that might change the dynamics of how users interact with its content and streamers quite a bit - subscriber-only streams. Though there’s been no official announcement yet, some observant viewers have noticed what looks like an example of it in the site’s UI.

Twitter channel @StreamerNews has tweeted an image showing what seems to be a screenshot of the new subscriber-only feature on the Hgg_cheering_test Twitch channel, which we’ve included below. The screenshot suggests that non-subscribers will be able to view a brief free preview of a stream before they will need to subscribe to carry on watching.

There is an accompanying message outlining the benefits of subscribing, including “ad-free viewing (with limited exceptions)”, and that you can “watch and chat during subscriber-only streams”. The tweet includes links to previews of the feature, and says that they expect an official announcement from Twitch soon.

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