Facebook is working on its own live audio product
The feature is named ‘Live Audio Rooms’
Audio offering aims to stop losing users to audio-only startup Clubhouse
Live Audio Rooms mimics the experience on Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces
FB wants to ‘treat audio as a first-class medium like photos and videos’
Company plans to launch the feature by June
It will be incorporated on FB’s messaging app, Messenger
Podcasts are also coming to Facebook
People will be able to listen to and discover new podcasts directly on FB
Another new product is ‘Soundbites’
They are audio clips with captions
This feature will first be available to a select number of people
FB seeks to enable creators to make money with these new audio tools
