Release Clubhouse for Android will take at least a few more months – IT Pro – News

The release of the audio chat app Clubhouse for Android will take at least a few more months, the founders have said. One of the problems lies in the algorithm to recommend relevant live conversations to a growing group of users.

As more users join, the app’s landing page often shows conversations in a language that users don’t even speak, Clubhouse founders say in a recording. Townhall live conversation true Techcrunch to links. The app is having trouble recommending the right conversations to the right users. Clubhouse promised to work on an Android version soon in January.

Clubhouse’s invitation system will also be discontinued in the coming months: at the moment Clubhouse can only be used after receiving an invitation. It is unclear how well that system still works: it had to give an idea of ​​exclusivity, but due to the many invitations that circulate online, almost anyone who wants to can easily enter.

Clubhouse is an app, in which users can only follow and have live conversations. The app suffers from various privacy problems: in the beginning, uploading the address book was mandatory for various things in the app, and that is against the GDPR. In addition, the app sent data unencrypted to the Chinese back-end maker. In France an investigation into the privacy concerns is ongoing. Tweakers skewed in February one Plus item over Clubhouse.

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