Clubhouse: When will the Android app be available?

Clubhouse as you know, it is a social network on the rise. The concept of this app, which is accessible only by invitation (and on iPhone and iPad), “Clubs” and virtual rooms where speakers, sometimes famous, speak in person about various and diverse topics. Celebrities who have promoted Clubhouse include entrepreneur Elon Musk and musician Drake. The app has been downloaded more than 13 million times in its first year, an unheard-of number for a social network. And many rival social networks, notably Facebook and Twitter with Spaces, are now trying to adapt their functionality.

The problem is If you’re on Android, you’ve probably never used Clubhouse, and for good reason: There is currently no Android app available, and the app’s “club” of users is actually a club of iPhone users for now. You should also be wary of the fake Clubhouse apps for Android that are currently in circulation, as they are all malware, adware, or other types of malicious apps. We emphasize: There is currently no way to access Clubhouse unless you have an iPhone or iPadMoreover, even if you have an iPhone, access is not immediate because for now you only get an account by invitation.

When will Clubhouse be available on Android?

But Paul Davison and Rohan Seth, who are at the origins of the app, are not willing to let this continue. Understanding that one of the aspects of this social network is to foster a certain form of elitism, especially with its invitation system, There are plans to open the app to Android users soonSo in a January 2021 blog post, Clubhouse executives announced that they would: “start working on an Android app soon”.

At the end of February, the social network hired developer Mopiwa Ogundipe from its Twitter account. “bring the party to the Android ecosystem”No official timetable has been announced yet. However, Techcrunch information reveals Paul Davison’s words at a conference on March 21, who revealed that his teams were “hard at work” on the Android app and that there were still “two months” left until it was available. So logically we can hope that Clubhouse will be available on Android in late May or early June.The Android app will be available this summer anyway.

What are the alternatives while we wait for Clubhouse to come to Android?

As we said above once again; Fake Clubhouse Android apps are circulating – these are not real apps at all. Their purpose is mainly to exploit Clubhouse’s bad reputation and install malware on your smartphone. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not fall into the trap. However, if you want to test the Clubhouse formula on your Android smartphone ahead of time, you already have a a handful of alternatives that have been deployed or are currently being deployed :

• Twitter Areas It’s currently being deployed. It’s a new icon that appears when you hold down the “Create” button in the Twitter app, which is already available to a handful of iOS users. On Android, you can join one of these Spaces by going to the far right of the Fleet, if the functionality is available: tap your avatar, then swipe right. You can also join another user’s Spaces, if the feature is available. Android users will be able to create Spaces soon, too.
• Conflict also tests live audio rooms. Everyone can speak by default, but it’s also possible to create Stage Channels where only certain members have the right to speak and the rest can only listen.

Beyond that, we know that Facebook is in the process of developing an alternative, as are LinkedIn and Spotify, which acquired the Dressing Room app to help musicians “connect more directly with listeners.”