Where is Facebook's new Audio hub? Easily find podcasts and soundbites

(Pocket-lint) - In aboriginal 2021, Facebook announced a big of caller audio-based features. Now, it is launching a dedicated hub for them, truthful you tin easy find podcasts, unrecorded audio, and short-form clips connected the platform. The societal web is fundamentally gathering each its audio formats into a caller "Audio" tab. 

Where is Facebook's Audio hub located?

Facebook's caller Audio hub tin beryllium recovered successful the Facebook app for iOS and Android devices. It is simply a tab located successful the Facebook Watch section.

1. Open the latest mentation of the Facebook mobile app.
2. In the bottommost navigation bar, prime Watch.
   • It's the "TV with a play button" icon.
3. You'll announcement assorted tabs astatine the apical of Facebook Watch:
   • For You
   • Live
   • Music
   • Audio
   • Following
4. Select Audio. 

This caller hub volition assistance Facebook users find audio contented from their favourite creators, observe caller content, and entree contented they've saved for later. At launch, the Audio conception volition item contented from the creators you’re already pursuing arsenic good arsenic personalised recommendations and suggestions.

Who tin entree Facebook's Audio hub?

It is rolling retired to each of Facebook's mobile users successful the US.

Why does Facebook attraction astir audio?

The mobile app Clubhouse became a immense occurrence astatine the opening of the year, forcing Facebook and others to participate the unrecorded audio marketplace to compete. Twitter, for instance, developed a Spaces feature, portion Facebook has developed respective caller audio functions, which are dilatory rolling out. As reported by TechCrunch, Facebook has started making its Clubhouse rival, Live Audio Rooms, “more broadly disposable to planetary users". It is besides opening to rotation retired Soundbites.

Which audio features is Facebook developing?

The societal web is moving connected 3 main products: Soundbits, Podcasts, and Live Audio Rooms.

• Soundbites: Short audio clips - oregon “an audio version” of Reels, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
• Podcasts: Facebook is making a podcast find tool.
• Live Audio Rooms: Host audio discussions and adjacent grounds and administer your conversations.

Want to cognize more? Check out: Watch out, Clubhouse: Facebook announces Live Audio Rooms and Soundbites.

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Originally published connected 11 October 2021.