Twitter is rolling out podcasts to Blue subscribers on Android • TechCrunch

Twitter is rolling out its redesigned Areas tab, which incorporates podcasts, to Twitter Blue subscribers on Android. The Android launch comes a number of weeks after Blue subscribers on iOS bought entry to podcasts and the redesigned Areas tab.

When Twitter first introduced that it was introducing podcasts to its platform, the social community stated they’d be accessible to a gaggle of iOS and Android customers. Now, Twitter is as a substitute going to check podcasts solely with Twitter Blue subscribers.

The redesigned Areas tab introduces personalised hubs for customers known as “Stations” that group content material collectively based mostly on completely different matters, similar to information, music, sports activities and extra. The suggestions you see are based mostly on the themes and folks that you just observe. Twitter Blue customers will now have the ability to entry a personalised collection of dwell and recorded Areas. The hubs will even function the preferred podcasts from around the globe.

Twitter says podcasts are a part of its plans to offer customers with an “all-in-one, personalised audio vacation spot” by giving customers much more audio content material to hearken to. The corporate says its inner analysis reveals that 45% of people that use Twitter within the U.S. additionally hearken to podcasts month-to-month, so the corporate will robotically recommend podcasts to assist customers uncover content material based mostly on the matters they’re desirous about.