Clubhouse starts dark mode support rollout on mobile

If you have been waiting for Clubhouse to offer dark mode on its Android or iOS app, your wait is almost over. The social audio app is rolling out the feature to both platforms. Clubhouse is opting out of a complete black interface. Instead, its dark mode is a "velvety dark background" with light text that's not exactly white. The platform opted for this combination to make it more comfortable for use at night. As with other apps offering the feature, you can choose to enable dark mode based on your device's settings or keep it in that setting. 

To get access to it, you'll need to update to the latest version of Clubhouse. But it might take a "couple of days" for the feature to roll out to all users.

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Clubhouse gets a protected profiles option

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Clubhouse gives users more protection over their profiles, restricting others from seeing their latest interactions on the app. The feature comes as a response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The company wants to ensure users feel safe having conversations on the app. Only your followers can see your user activity when you have the protected profile enabled. Any other user will have to ask permission to follow you. And the rooms, clubs, and replays you've joined won't be visible to the public, too. 

The company confirmed the feature on the website, saying it's meant to prevent users, especially Russians, from being harmed for speaking out against the war on the internet. This feature will also make users "less visible on Clubhouse in general." So, those who don't follow you won't see you online, and your profile won't be recommended to others in the app. Of course, Clubhouse wants to remind its users to be careful about what they put on their profiles and what they say in conversations.

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Clubhouse gets an in-room chat function

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What might be seen as counterintuitive to Clubhouse's original offering is coming to the app. The company is adding a text chat function to the social audio app. As you may have seen in Zoom calls or Discord, those who don't want to speak can write out their opinions. As Engadget pointed out, the feature can come in handy in large rooms or those with celebrity speakers. The audience can chime in through the chat function.

But, of course, moderation is key here. Clubhouse has added some safeguards for creators to keep these rooms safe. Creators can appoint moderators to delete messages and kick out any disruptive user. You can also report messages that violate Clubhouse's user guidelines. Or you can choose not to enable the feature. You can opt out of the in-room chat when creating a room. This written chat log can also be saved when you record your room's audio.

Clubhouse rolls out Replay feature to let hosts record audio chats for later listening

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When Clubhouse started, audio chats on the platform were only available live. When conversations were over, there was no way to access these live chats. But now, the service is adding a new Replay feature to let hosts record audio chats that can be saved to a club or profile. These recordings can be downloaded and shared externally, like on a podcast.

The Replay feature will also support pinned links, which will remain interactive even when listening to the recording after it went live. Those who listen to Replays can skip to the next speaker, pause, scrub, or make 30-second clips. They can also adjust speed to 1.5x or 2x. Creators will see who is listening to Replays, and the hosts will get access to "total room count" so they can see how many people tuned in, whether live or recorded. These Replays will also appear on Clubhouse's discover pages and search beginning next week.

Source: Engadget