Facebook rides rising audio wave to compete with Clubhouse and Twitter

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The social network is hoping to launch a series of new audio-focused products, including virtual rooms and a podcast feature

Social network hopes to launch new audio-focused products, including virtual rooms and a podcast featureFacebook is moving more aggressively into audio products, trying to compete with rivals such as Twitter and popular upstart Clubhouse.

“We have seen a massive rise of audio experiences” during the pandemic, Simo said, including an increase in voice calls and audio messages on Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, which spurred the company to build the new products. Twitter is also pushing aggressively into audio. It has a Clubhouse competitor, called Twitter Spaces, which exists in its app, and launched an equivalent to Facebook’s sound bites product, called voice tweets, last summer. Microsoft’s LinkedIn and Slack Technologies are also working on audio rooms competitors.

 

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