At TwitchCon San Diego, the platform took center stage during the opening ceremony to share key updates, marking a significant milestone for the community. According to CEO Dan Clancy, the new service aims to offer enhanced transparency by providing streamers and viewers with clear explanations for account suspensions that breach community guidelines.
Twitch promptly notifies the affected user via email and the appeals portal of any chat excerpt that triggered their suspension. Once fully implemented, this feature will expand to include clip-based analytics, enabling streamers to review instances where their content has been flagged for violating community guidelines, whether on live streams or VODs. “We’re providing this data for your review, allowing you to assess the actions taken, identify any policy breaches that may have occurred, and if you believe our decision was unjustified, you have the option to appeal.”
While the service is aware that frequent strikes against an account can potentially become a problem for established streamers, it’s not hard to imagine how even one minor mistake could lead to a permanent ban. Twitch will introduce a strike expiration feature from the start of 2025, allowing users to regain their accounts after a specified period following a temporary suspension. Low-severity infractions won’t compromise streamers’ financial stability, yet we’ll establish protocols for more egregious offenses. In addition, our new system will provide unprecedented transparency by clearly illustrating the specific reasons behind any strike.
Starting next year, viewers on the broadcasting entrance accessing Twitch’s functions will have the capability to watch streams in 4K resolution, offering a significantly enhanced visual experience. Twitch plans to initially roll out this feature in select regions, with a goal of expanding it globally by 2025. Notably, Clancy mentioned that “we’re actively working on 4K.”
By 2025, users will have the option to seamlessly integrate Enhanced Broadcasting, allowing them to simultaneously stream both vertical and panoramic video content. Our goal is to provide viewers with the best possible experience based on the platform or device they use to watch streams.
Twitch is revamping its mobile app’s navigation system, introducing improvements such as allowing users to easily access their adopted channels via a single swipe gesture, while also prioritizing audio playback for picture-in-picture participants. Streamers gain access to a feature called Clip Carousel, highlighting their top-performing clips from recent streams and enabling easy sharing across desktop and mobile devices? The platform promises a seamless experience for users to curate clips using their mobile devices as well.
Twitch will introduce a shared chat option for Stream Collective features next week, allowing up to six collaborating creators to merge their chat rooms. Streamers’ moderators will be empowered to review the entirety of messages in a shared chat, promptly tripping or banning anyone who transgresses the established boundaries. Creators participating in a Stream Collective session can opt to disable Shared Chat for their exclusive community.
Finally, Twitch will expand its Unity Guilds and Creator Tools. The underlying goal is to facilitate community building among streamers, foster collaboration and growth through knowledge sharing, and provide support mechanisms guided by experienced Twitch staff. Twitch recently launched three community guilds catering to underrepresented groups: the Black Guild, Girls’s Guild, and Hispanic and Latinx Guild, as well as introducing a Delight Guild specifically for the LGBTQIA+ community. By next year, all four guilds plan to expand their membership bases globally, welcoming applicants from worldwide locations.
Creators on Golf equipment are a modern feature introduced by Twitch last month for the DJ and IRL communities. Twitch reports surprisingly robust engagement figures, exceeding initial projections. Four additional Creator Golf equipment have been designed specifically for artists/makers, musicians, VTubers, and coworking/coding classes.
