{"id":380727,"date":"2017-08-11T18:45:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T10:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/08\/11\/twitch-launches-desktop-app-for-mac\/"},"modified":"2017-08-11T18:45:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T10:45:16","slug":"game-streaming-platform-twitch-launches-first-desktop-app-for-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/game-streaming-platform-twitch-launches-first-desktop-app-for-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Game-Streaming Platform Twitch Launches First Desktop App for Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Popular game-streaming platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\">Twitch<\/a> officially launched its first desktop app on Thursday, allowing Mac users to enjoy all the features of the existing web-based platform within a standalone native application.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the CurseForge platform acquired last year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/app.twitch.tv\">Twitch Desktop App<\/a> lets users watch live streams, clips, and video on demand, all while chatting with fellow gamers. Plus there&#8217;s a new Friend Sync feature that promises to help users find friends &#8220;across the creator-verse&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/08\/Twitch-Mac-800x457.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-581340\"\/><br \/>In addition to private messaging, Twitch on Mac supports voice and video calls, indicating a clear bid to compete with rival platform <a href=\"https:\/\/discordapp.com\">Discord<\/a>, which began testing a new video chat feature yesterday. The app also supports thousands of game add-ons made by the modding community, as well as in-game overlays so users can manage calls without needing to switch between windows.<\/p>\n<p>The desktop app also includes the Dark Mode <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/06\/29\/twitch-ios-app-live-streaming-dark-mode\/\">recently introduced in the mobile version<\/a>, making watching streams in low light environments easier on the eyes. Amazon-owned Twitch is also promising a cloud storage feature in the near future that will allow users to access their data remotely.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to established features, the Twitch desktop app introduces Servers, a new virtual home for gaming communities where users can watch video, play, and chat together even when a game stream is offline.<\/p>\n<p>The Twitch desktop app for macOS is available now and can be downloaded for free directly from the <a href=\"https:\/\/app.twitch.tv\">Twitch website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular game-streaming platform Twitch officially launched its first desktop app on Thursday, allowing Mac users to enjoy all the features of the existing web-based platform within a standalone native application. Based on the CurseForge platform acquired last year, the Twitch Desktop App lets users watch live streams, clips, and video on demand, all while chatting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":380728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-380727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}