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Facebook has launched its Live Audio Rooms in the US region. The new update is available for some iOS users, and soon it will be available for every user. During April, Facebook has listed some of the major events that the team is looking forward to performing, one of which is new audio product investments.

The Clubhouse alternative Facebook has live audio rooms that even support podcasts. Currently, the new feature is only available on iOS devices for public figures and secret Facebook groups. However, the company has stated that in the initial stage, the rooms will be available for verified public figures and creators in the United States who are in good Facebook page experience on iOS. Other than this, it is launching with “dozens of groups,” as per reports.

By the end of this week, users can listen to Liver Audio Rooms and podcasts. According to reports, both the products will be available broadly by this month. Just like Clubhouse and other audio apps, Facebook too has many features to offer.

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The interface of the Audio Room is a little different yet simple. The host of the room will be in a rounded profile icon at the top left side of the screen, while the listeners will be in a round profile icon below the host.  For better identification of the speaker, the company has added a glowing ring. The speaker will have the glowing ring on the profile icon to make it easier for listeners to identify.

If there is any person with a verified account in the Audio Room, the listeners can observe a check sign next to their name. Apart from this, the room has features like enabling live captions, a raise hand option, and can share the room. These features are added to ease the experience of the listeners.

In Facebook Live Audio Room, the host can invite people to join in as speakers or as a listener. The limit of speakers is 50, and the number of listeners can be unlimited. At the time of the session, the users will be notified if any of their friends or followers join the session.

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During the session, the listeners can react with the Like and Thumbs Up button from the screen. Other than this, the listeners can even show support in the Live Audio Rooms by sending Starts to the public figures. These stars can be bought and used anytime during the session. It is very similar to the Facebook Live Content.

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The Stars will help the listener to get into the first few rows. The listeners will be notified once they have sent the stars. The host can use this feature to give shoutouts and identify the supporters easily.

The new features enable the host to support non-profit organizations and fundraisers. The speaker and listeners can donate to a good cause, and the progress bar will show how much has been raised during the session.

In a Facebook group, the admin has the power to assign access for creating a Live Room; it can be anyone from the group, a moderator, a group member, or other admins. The Private room offers limited access only to the group members.

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The users will be notified about the Live Audio Room by news feed and notifications. After that, they can simply sign up. After that, they will be notified whenever a Liver session of their interest takes place.

With the COVID-19 spreading to different parts of the world and putting billions at stake, even the world economies and tech conferences are not immune to this strain. 

This virus has already taken several lives and now the profitable businesses are becoming the new targets. Several tech companies have either postponed their events and conferences while some have entirely canceled all their plans for this year.

Most of the companies have taken their events on digital platforms to ensure safety at 100% levels as Coronavirus is dragging businesses and technology in a pandemic.

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Tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Adobe and many others have entirely canceled all their plans to have meetings, events, and conferences. However, there are a few companies that have managed to resurface on a digital horizon to avoid any consequences because of this virus.

1. Google Cancels its Cloud Next’20 & I/O Developers Meet

Google has canceled its Cloud Next’20 event on the ground and taken the same online. The event was supposed to take place at Moscone Center, San Francisco. It was supposed to commence on April 6th and continue till April 8th.

This event has been shifted online and you will be able to view the entire event on the mentioned dates.

Another important event, the Google IO 2020 was supposed to commence on May 12th and continue till May 14th this year. Google added that because of the veil of terror, the meeting that was scheduled on May 12th will not take place. 

With health guidance and assistance from WHO, CDC and other health bodies and authorities, Google has decided to cancel the physical I/O developers event at the Shoreline Amphitheatre.

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2. SXSW will Move Ahead as Planned

SXSW South By Southwest conference and meetings will take place as planned but online. However, social media has already withdrawn from the event. This event is scheduled to take place from March 13 to March 22 in Austin, TX.

The digital move of SXSW to hold the meeting just cannot be digested as this is a hybrid of music festivals, meetings, celebrations, conferences, and even the live feed won’t do any good to the audiences and crowd that enjoy and love real-life fests, music festivals, and celebrations.

3. Adobe Cancels its Summit Due to the Veil of Terror

Following the footsteps of others, Adobe has also announced that it will be canceling its live event in Las Vegas. Anil Chakravarthy, GM, Adobe added ‘We are taking necessary measures to safeguard the overall health and wellness of the Adobe summit attendees. We have also been closely monitoring and analyzing the situation around.’

He also added ‘We do not want to take any risks and with a heavy heart we have decided to move our event online this year and have canceled the live event in Las Vegas.’

4. GSMA Cancels MWC 2020

This was the very first event that got canceled. MWC (Mobile World Congress) 2020 was canceled by GSMA.

GSMA is a body of authorities and organizers of this event. This body had a meeting at the very last moment and decided to call off MWC 2020 which was scheduled from Feb24th to 27th in Barcelona.

5. GDC Gets Postponed to Late Summer

GDC or Game Developers Conference, the biggest gaming event on the planet got postponed to late summer because of the concerns of COVID-19.

This event was supposed to take place in March, starting from March 16th to 20th in San Francisco, CA.

Organizers of the events have not yet come up with the revised dates. Gamers and techies are still in a dilemma about the same.

6. Microsoft’s MVP Event Goes Online

Microsoft has canceled its live MVP (Most Valuable Professional) Summit. It has moved the entire event online. The virtual event will commence on April 16th and will continue until March 20th.

Through an official email, the company also added that ‘This year’s MVP or regional director Summit will be an online/virtual event. It is scheduled for the same week and will take place on the same dates.’

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7. Nvidia Takes its GTC Event Online

Nvidia canceled its GPU Technology Conference this year at San Jose Convention Center. The event organizers have taken this event online. 

Given the situation of Coronavirus, the event will go live on air. It starts from March 22nd and will continue until March 26.

8. Facebook F8 Developer Conference 

Social Media Giant, Facebook recently canceled its annual developer conference that was planned for 5th and 6th May in San Jose, California.

The company will organize a cocktail of locally hosted events, videos and live content to plan and make announcements.

On a Final Note…

Coronavirus is forcibly putting the world economy at stake and many industries and tech giants have either moved their events, conferences, and functions online and many have entirely canceled all their plans for the year.

Voluminous companies like Google, Microsoft, and Adobe have deliberately canceled all their conferences for this year with the fear of widespread of the infamous coronavirus.

This virus has already taken several lives and it is spreading to different parts of the world. This virus has disrupted the economies on a global scale and sooner or later the world governments will have to think about it and implement proper plans to safeguard humanity and economies.