For years mobile gamers have had to jump through hoops to record and stream gameplay. Today Twitch gives mobile developers the ability to build such functionality directly into their apps. Itâs about damn time.
Services like Everyplay are nice, but built-in Twitch functionality will be much nicer. The Twitch Mobile Software Development Kit gives mobile developers access to the same sort of tools that make broadcasting and capturing PC and current generation console gameplay so easy.
Features facilitated by the Twitch Mobile SDK include:
The ability to capture and broadcast gameplay
video and audio
Video capture from the front-facing camera
Audio capture using an internal or external
microphone
Videos can be archived for immediate viewing on
Twitch and uploaded for sharing
Broadcast quality can be toggled between High,
Medium, and Low settings
Robust chat options including emoticons badges
and chat colors
The easy discovery of related broadcasts from
other gamers
Yes please to all of that.
âOur vision is to provide the Twitch community with
the ability not only to view, but to broadcast live video game content wherever
they are, whether theyâre on the go or in the living room,â said Matthew
DiPietro, VP of marketing for Twitch via official press release. âWeâve achieved that with our PC and console
integrations, so the trifecta will soon be complete with our deep and concerted
foray into mobile broadcasting.â
If you are a mobile developer, please consider integrating this functionality. There is nothing I want more than the ability to easily stream and capture footage from my mobile devices. So many possibilities.
