Twitch launches SDK for mobile developers to broadcast live streaming
Now that the streaming live from Xbox One is a reality, attention is being turned by the folks at Twitch towards putting streaming capability on mobile devices. To make this a reality, the company has just launched a software development toolkit for iOS and Android that allows developers for mobile titles to add the ability to stream from their games.
Twitch, which recently surpassed Facebook for peak attendance with the Twitch plays Pokemon event, has reached the 10 million mark downloads of its mobile applications for viewing video on iOS and Android.
The Twitch Mobile SDK features the ability to capture and broadcast gameplay video and audio. The videos can sent for immediate viewing on Twitch, archived for future viewers, and uploaded for sharing to other video sites. The SDK allow you to watch the game streaming sessions and not to forward them personally, while the new system will allow you to capture and send the game sessions with audio, capture video from the front camera and audio thanks to the built-in microphone. Moreover Twitch Mobile SDK will allow users to toggle between quality of low, medium and high, and have access to a full range of chat options.
“Our vision is to provide the Twitch community with the ability not only to view, but to broadcast live video game content wherever they are, whether they’re on the go or in the living room,” said Matthew DiPietro, VP of Marketing, Twitch. “We’ve achieved that with our PC and console integrations, so the trifecta will soon be complete with our deep and concerted foray into mobile broadcasting.”
Currently the company has not provided an exact date for the launch of the new SDK for mobile and also commented that smartphones and tablets will be supported.
The development kit designed by Twitch will make available all the tools necessary to work on development of titles complete with audio and video streaming and storage on Twitch’s servers. The main advantage of this kind of development may be the least amount of physical memory that is occupied on the device.
Broadcasting games has become very popular in with both PC and console gamers. Though no specific games were announced to be integrating the Twitch SDK, it’s likely that we’ll see more than a few popular titles support it.
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