Microsoft afslørede deres egen streamingplatform Beam for godt to år siden, men nu har de valgt at genstarte platformen med navnet Mixer. Udover at skifte navn introducerer Microsoft også en ny funktion, nemlig co-streaming. Ulig andre streamingtjenester kan forskellige værter faktisk kombinere deres udsendelser i én på samme side.
"Co-streaming doesn't require streamers to play the same game or even do the same activity, and you can join a co-stream with friends who are streaming from different types of devices. Four friends can broadcast a co-op session of "League of Legends" or "PLAYERUNKNOWN'S Battlegrounds," and then just as easily stream a remote live-band jam session or play a multiplayer board game with their viewers. Viewers don't need to flip back and forth across different streams to view the same group of streamers - they can watch all the action in one place, while enjoying all the innovative interactivity that Mixer offers." fortæller den officielle pressemeddelelse.
Der er et hav af andre funktioner, såsom en ny applikation til mobilerne, der skal gøre det lettere at administrere og skabe sine egne udsendelser via Xbox One og Windows 10.
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