News & Reviews:   voice chat

Voice chat is not something new but in this short news, WhatsApp just announced that the voice chat will be rolled out to large group chats. Large groups are referred to as chat rooms with 33 people or more.

Have you ever thought of holding a voice chat with a large group of people? That's easy on several platforms like Discord, which has a 100-participant voice chat limit. But what if you wanted to do this on a mobile messaging app? Well, WhatsApp will let you do so soon.

Due to the sudden popularity of Clubhouse, many tech brands try to create their own version to mimic the success. For Facebook, they too are developing one and will be testing a new Live Audio Rooms today in the US timezone (15 June 1 PM EDT).

Today, Clubhouse for Android has finally made its way to Malaysia and everyone can now download it on the Google Play Store for free. As expected, it's still an invite-only app but you can still register a username before your friend invites you into it.

We have been writing a few posts about Clubhouse now and it seems that the global launch is ready. According to the official Clubhouse Twitter account, the app will be rolling out around the world this week. While no date was specified, sources say it would be this Friday.

In this short announcement, it seems that multiple sources have reported that tech giant Microsoft is interested in acquiring Discord. Nothing is concrete yet, but the acquisition could go over $10 billion. Sources also reported that other companies are interested but Microsoft is the favourite here.

As Clubhouse slowly makes its way to the Android platform, Xiaomi have apparently taken the app development into their own hands. It was officially announced by Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun that a new Mi Talk app is in the works but will be revamped as a voice chat platform just like Clubhouse.