X, the corporate previously generally known as Twitter, will quickly launch a devoted TV app for movies uploaded to the social community. X CEO Linda Yaccarino announced Tuesday that the brand new app will carry “real-time, partaking content material to your sensible TVs.” The app’s interface is sort of much like YouTube’s, as seen in a teaser video shared by Yaccarino.
The app will function a trending video algorithm designed to assist customers keep updated with tailored fashionable content material, together with AI-powered subjects that may arrange movies by subject. The app additionally helps cross-device playback, which means you may watch a video in your telephone after which proceed watching it in your TV.
Yaccarino says the app will supply improved video search options and will likely be obtainable on “most sensible TVs.” Whereas there isn’t any official launch date for the app, the director says it will likely be obtainable “quickly.”
From the small display screen to the massive display screen X, all the things modifications. We’ll quickly be bringing real-time, partaking content material to your sensible TVs with the X TV app. This will likely be your associate for a high-quality, immersive leisure expertise on an even bigger display screen. We’re nonetheless constructing it… pic.twitter.com/QhG6cVDpZ8
— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayaX) April 23, 2024
The upcoming app launch is a part of Yaccarino’s efforts to make the social media website a free speech hub “video first” platform. The social community at present presents an unique present hosted by former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard and one other by former Fox Sports activities host Jim Rome. Final month, Musk canceled a chat present take care of former CNN host Don Lemon after he was interviewed for the present’s first episode.
The announcement comes per week after Fact Social, the social media platform of Donald Trump’s media firm, additionally revealed its plans to launch a reside TV streaming platform. The platform will give attention to “information networks” and “spiritual channels,” together with “content material that has been canceled” or “being suppressed on different platforms and providers,” the corporate stated.
Trump’s Fact Social plans to launch a reside TV streaming platform
