Remember when live audio suddenly became ubiquitous in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic? This trend has seen other online platforms imitate this feature. It was made popular by the short-lived Clubhouse before.
Since then, live audio has largely become a footnote to those strange times when we were all at home at the same time, with nothing to do, and listening to hours-long streams of strangers talking to each other for entertainment. Masu. Now, LinkedIn, which was a bit late to the live audio party, has opted to do away with standalone live audio events.
in the company says it will no longer support native audio events starting next month. Starting December 2nd, users will no longer be able to create new events, and previously scheduled events will no longer work after December 31st. Instead, the company is using its live streaming feature, LinkedIn Live, to “put together” audio events. But LinkedIn Live requires creators Third-party tools for configuring streams. Therefore, audio-only streams can still exist on LinkedIn, but with a few extra steps.
LinkedIn isn’t the only company to change its live audio policies. , , and all have shut down their pandemic-era live audio products. Even Clubhouse (yes, it still exists) was dropped from the format last year. However, despite some technical issues, this feature works strongly in X.
