03-17-2020, 05:34 PM
Mixer’s got a new homepage, features and more
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mixers-got-a-new-homepage-features-and-more.png" width="1020" height="877" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>We’re barely into 2020, and yet so much has happened in such a short time. We know many of you, like the Mixer team here in Redmond, are practicing “social distancing,” learning how to “flatten the curve,” and otherwise taking precautions amid the outbreak of COVID-19. We’re proud and heartened by the stories you’ve shared and the ways we’ve seen Mixer streamers and their communities using Mixer to stay in touch digitally and support each other during this challenging time. Thank you for continuing to make the Mixer community shine as a positive and welcoming place for new and existing members alike.</p>
<p>Over the past couple of months, we’ve been hard at work behind the scenes on a set of new features and capabilities based on feedback we’ve heard from you. These are focused on improving discoverability, empowering communities of all sizes and making it easier to find your new favorite Mixer creators. We’re rolling them out starting today. </p>
<ul>
<li><strong>New Mixer homepage</strong> – We’ve refreshed the Mixer homepage across all platforms to give more focus to featured content as well as provide smart, AI-powered recommendations. The most immediate change you’ll notice on your homepage is that we’re introducing a new layout that displays all featured creators at the same time.
<p><img class="wp-image-2176" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mixers-got-a-new-homepage-features-and-more.png" alt data-recalc-dims="1"><br />Below the “Featured,” “Top Category,” and “Partner Spotlight” sections, you’ll also find brand new content rows. These rows will highlight and recommend streams from community events, cultural moments, and more tailored content as time goes on. The rows will be a mix of AI-powered personalized recommendations and editorially programmed content, ensuring you can discover and join even more communities across Mixer. </p>
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<li><strong>Auto-Hosting for everyone</strong> – We’ve spent the last month testing Auto-Hosting with Mixer Partners and now we’re excited to share it with every streamer. With this feature, you’ll be able to create a list of specific streamers that you want to automatically host when you’re offline. We’ve added a host of customization options as well.
<p><img class="wp-image-2170" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mixers-got-a-new-homepage-features-and-more-1.png" alt="A screenshot of the auto-hosting page for Mixer." data-recalc-dims="1"><br />You’ll be able to set your Auto-Host list to host in a priority order or to pick at random. With showcase, you’ll be able to set custom Auto-Host time durations. This means Auto-Host could switch to a new streamer from your list every hour (you determine the time) instead of when that hosted streamer goes offline. </p>
<p><img class="wp-image-2168" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mixers-got-a-new-homepage-features-and-more-2.png" alt data-recalc-dims="1"><br />You can access your Auto-Hosting setting in the Broadcast dashboard. </p>
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<li><strong>Higher-Quality Emotes</strong> – This top community ask is no longer “Soon™”, it’s finally here! Starting today, we’re enhancing all emotes to 28 pixels across all platforms, introducing new prefixing requirements and completely refreshing our global emotes. New global emotes will be visible today and all partner emotes will be updated over the next few weeks. </li>
<li><strong>Ad Break (Beta) </strong>– Our Mixer Partners have been testing advertising pre-roll for the last few months and now we’re expanding our advertising testing with an Ad-Break beta. With this, Partners can choose when they want to run ads during their stream. This was a request from the Mixer Partner community, and we’re excited to be testing it as part of the full package of monetization opportunities on Mixer. </li>
<li><strong>Xbox Viewing Improvements</strong> – We’re continuing to add more features to the new Mixer viewing experience on Xbox. This new experience is built from the ground up to get you to your favorite streamers as fast as possible. With the April Xbox One system update that’s in some Insider rings now, you’ll see the additions of emotes and subscriber badging in chat.
<p><img class="wp-image-2167" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mixers-got-a-new-homepage-features-and-more-3.png" alt data-recalc-dims="1"><br />Ember messages will also get the flair they deserve to help them stand out. We’ve also made it easier to access stream settings for selecting chat layout or video quality. Outside of this latest Xbox One system update, we also expect to have Gift Subs available in the new experience in the coming weeks.</p>
</li>
<li><strong>Partner Badging on Homepage</strong> – To make it easier to find Mixer Partner channels, we’re adding the new badging to the homepage as well.
<p><img class="wp-image-2169" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mixers-got-a-new-homepage-features-and-more-4.png" alt data-recalc-dims="1"></p>
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<li><strong>Notifications UX Improvements – </strong>We’ve added a new notification bell to the pages of channels you follow, so you have better control over which channels will trigger “go live” notifications.
<p><img class="wp-image-2171" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mixers-got-a-new-homepage-features-and-more-5.png" alt data-recalc-dims="1"></p>
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<li><strong>Clips Creation Improvements –</strong> Clip creation is now available for more viewers of Mixer Partners and Verified channels in the Mixer app on iOS and Android. Clip creation on mobile respects the Rank, Subscriber, and Moderator permissions that the channel owner has set. </li>
</ul>
<p>There’s much more coming, and we’re excited to share details soon. Going forward, we will be posting more frequent community updates on this blog. They’ll cover everything from events, to community news and features! Stay tuned for more updates and please keep sharing your feedback on Twitter with us at <a href="http://twitter.com/watchmixer">@WatchMixer</a>. </p>
</div>
https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/03/...-and-more/
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mixers-got-a-new-homepage-features-and-more.png" width="1020" height="877" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>We’re barely into 2020, and yet so much has happened in such a short time. We know many of you, like the Mixer team here in Redmond, are practicing “social distancing,” learning how to “flatten the curve,” and otherwise taking precautions amid the outbreak of COVID-19. We’re proud and heartened by the stories you’ve shared and the ways we’ve seen Mixer streamers and their communities using Mixer to stay in touch digitally and support each other during this challenging time. Thank you for continuing to make the Mixer community shine as a positive and welcoming place for new and existing members alike.</p>
<p>Over the past couple of months, we’ve been hard at work behind the scenes on a set of new features and capabilities based on feedback we’ve heard from you. These are focused on improving discoverability, empowering communities of all sizes and making it easier to find your new favorite Mixer creators. We’re rolling them out starting today. </p>
<ul>
<li><strong>New Mixer homepage</strong> – We’ve refreshed the Mixer homepage across all platforms to give more focus to featured content as well as provide smart, AI-powered recommendations. The most immediate change you’ll notice on your homepage is that we’re introducing a new layout that displays all featured creators at the same time.
<p><img class="wp-image-2176" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mixers-got-a-new-homepage-features-and-more.png" alt data-recalc-dims="1"><br />Below the “Featured,” “Top Category,” and “Partner Spotlight” sections, you’ll also find brand new content rows. These rows will highlight and recommend streams from community events, cultural moments, and more tailored content as time goes on. The rows will be a mix of AI-powered personalized recommendations and editorially programmed content, ensuring you can discover and join even more communities across Mixer. </p>
</li>
<li><strong>Auto-Hosting for everyone</strong> – We’ve spent the last month testing Auto-Hosting with Mixer Partners and now we’re excited to share it with every streamer. With this feature, you’ll be able to create a list of specific streamers that you want to automatically host when you’re offline. We’ve added a host of customization options as well.
<p><img class="wp-image-2170" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mixers-got-a-new-homepage-features-and-more-1.png" alt="A screenshot of the auto-hosting page for Mixer." data-recalc-dims="1"><br />You’ll be able to set your Auto-Host list to host in a priority order or to pick at random. With showcase, you’ll be able to set custom Auto-Host time durations. This means Auto-Host could switch to a new streamer from your list every hour (you determine the time) instead of when that hosted streamer goes offline. </p>
<p><img class="wp-image-2168" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mixers-got-a-new-homepage-features-and-more-2.png" alt data-recalc-dims="1"><br />You can access your Auto-Hosting setting in the Broadcast dashboard. </p>
</li>
<li><strong>Higher-Quality Emotes</strong> – This top community ask is no longer “Soon™”, it’s finally here! Starting today, we’re enhancing all emotes to 28 pixels across all platforms, introducing new prefixing requirements and completely refreshing our global emotes. New global emotes will be visible today and all partner emotes will be updated over the next few weeks. </li>
<li><strong>Ad Break (Beta) </strong>– Our Mixer Partners have been testing advertising pre-roll for the last few months and now we’re expanding our advertising testing with an Ad-Break beta. With this, Partners can choose when they want to run ads during their stream. This was a request from the Mixer Partner community, and we’re excited to be testing it as part of the full package of monetization opportunities on Mixer. </li>
<li><strong>Xbox Viewing Improvements</strong> – We’re continuing to add more features to the new Mixer viewing experience on Xbox. This new experience is built from the ground up to get you to your favorite streamers as fast as possible. With the April Xbox One system update that’s in some Insider rings now, you’ll see the additions of emotes and subscriber badging in chat.
<p><img class="wp-image-2167" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mixers-got-a-new-homepage-features-and-more-3.png" alt data-recalc-dims="1"><br />Ember messages will also get the flair they deserve to help them stand out. We’ve also made it easier to access stream settings for selecting chat layout or video quality. Outside of this latest Xbox One system update, we also expect to have Gift Subs available in the new experience in the coming weeks.</p>
</li>
<li><strong>Partner Badging on Homepage</strong> – To make it easier to find Mixer Partner channels, we’re adding the new badging to the homepage as well.
<p><img class="wp-image-2169" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mixers-got-a-new-homepage-features-and-more-4.png" alt data-recalc-dims="1"></p>
</li>
<li><strong>Notifications UX Improvements – </strong>We’ve added a new notification bell to the pages of channels you follow, so you have better control over which channels will trigger “go live” notifications.
<p><img class="wp-image-2171" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mixers-got-a-new-homepage-features-and-more-5.png" alt data-recalc-dims="1"></p>
</li>
<li><strong>Clips Creation Improvements –</strong> Clip creation is now available for more viewers of Mixer Partners and Verified channels in the Mixer app on iOS and Android. Clip creation on mobile respects the Rank, Subscriber, and Moderator permissions that the channel owner has set. </li>
</ul>
<p>There’s much more coming, and we’re excited to share details soon. Going forward, we will be posting more frequent community updates on this blog. They’ll cover everything from events, to community news and features! Stay tuned for more updates and please keep sharing your feedback on Twitter with us at <a href="http://twitter.com/watchmixer">@WatchMixer</a>. </p>
</div>
https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/03/...-and-more/