Bangkok, Thailand - February 15, 2021 : iPhone 7 showing its screen with popular social networking applications which are Clubhouse, Instagram and Facebook.
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The company has started testing an in-room gaming feature that could help users get to know each other better. Users are presented with a series of questions and challenges in the feature's launch title. You could be asked to pitch an idea for a movie in 60 seconds, or to share five things from your search history. You can invite friends to play in the social room.

The launch of a feature not offered by other audio services could be part of the effort to get new users to stay. The audio chat app shot up in popularity in the early days of the Pandemic when people were looking to connect with friends and strangers in new ways. Its success led to the development and launch of other audio products by more well-known companies, such as Facebook's audio rooms, and the Greenroom, which was renamed asSpotify Live.

After the lifting of the Pandemic Restrictions, the popularity and download numbers of Clubhouse took a hit. A lot of users moved to more established social networks that offer similar audio services because they already have an existing network on those platforms. In December, the company told The New York Times that it is still growing and that it is not just a fad. Over the past few months, the service has released a number of new and experimental features in an effort to get users to stay. One of them is the chat function in voice rooms for those who prefer texting, and the other is support for web listening in the US.

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