{"id":13274,"date":"2022-08-26T15:14:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T15:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/26\/twitter-is-becoming-a-podcast-app\/"},"modified":"2022-08-26T15:14:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T15:14:51","slug":"twitter-is-becoming-a-podcast-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/26\/twitter-is-becoming-a-podcast-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter is becoming a podcast app"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/25\/23321940\/twitter-podcast-spaces-spotify-apple<\/a>
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Twitter is officially getting into podcasts. The app will launch a test version of Twitter Spaces today that includes podcasts, letting you listen to full shows through curated playlists based on your interests. <\/p>\n

The redesigned Spaces tab opens with Stations, topic-based playlists combining podcast episodes pulled from RSS with Twitter\u2019s social audio events and recordings. It functions like a Pandora station but for spoken word and is pretty different from the a la carte listening podcast consumers are used to on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Live and upcoming spaces are still in the tab, further down the page. The test will roll out to a random group of users across the world, initially only in English.<\/p>\n

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Twitter\u2019s podcast interface on an iPhone.<\/figcaption>Image: Twitter<\/cite><\/p>\n

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The more users listen, the more tailored the audio Stations will become. But Twitter isn\u2019t starting from square one \u2014 the company is relying on what it already knows about its users\u2019 interests to curate the playlists. It\u2019ll draw from the interests of people they follow, as well. \u201cWhat we\u2019re really trying to capture here is as if it\u2019s like another user recommending you something,\u201d Twitter senior product manager Evan Jones, who focuses on audio, told Hot Pod<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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