Facebook has introduced plans to launch a brand new game streaming app which is anticipated to hit later immediately on cellular.
The app, which naturally will likely be known as Facebook Gaming, hopes to harness the facility of Facebook’s 700 million month-to-month customers who interact with game content material on the web site, in response to a report by The New York Times.
Facebook Gaming will initially solely be accessible on Android units, with an app for iOS rolling out down the road.
Originally anticipated to hit later this June, the app’s launch was pushed ahead on account of the worldwide pandemic which has brought on an increase within the variety of customers gaming and streaming at dwelling.
“Investing in gaming in general has become a priority for us because we see gaming as a form of entertainment that really connects people,” Facebook exec Fidji Simo informed the publication. “We’re seeing a big rise in gaming during quarantine.”
The app received’t embrace promoting at launch. Rather, it can make its cash from a “star system” that permits viewers to tip streamers – out of which Facebook will take a lower.
“We don’t want to be the background window in a Chrome tab while someone is doing their homework or doing something else,” Facebook’s Vivek Sharma provides. “With mobile, if you have the app open and you’re using the app, it’s in the foreground. You can’t do anything else on your mobile phone, and that is extremely powerful.”
