Clubhouse launches on Android as app downloads collapse - BBC News

Live-audio app Clubhouse is launching on Google’s Android, more than a year after its initial launch.

Clubhouse said it was testing the app for users in the US initially, with UK and other English-speaking countries to follow "in the coming days".

It thanked Android users for their patience and said the app would be rolled out to the rest of the world during the next few weeks and users outside the US could register to receive a notification when it was available in their area.

Clubhouse had about 13.4 million users in late March, according to research company App Annie.

But after peaking in February, with 9.6 million downloads, it had had just 2.7 million in March and 900,000 in April, mobile-app-store analysts Sensor Tower said.

Enders Analysis technology head Joseph Evans said: “Clubhouse is still invite-only, so they are not judging success by how many people are using it.

But “deep-pocketed” rivals could steal users from Clubhouse by creating a more polished product.

Facebook is testing a web-based app of its own called Hotline, which lets hosts chat to their audience via audio and text and will be available to both Android and Apple users.

All In content-creator agency founder Kevin Tewe said Clubhouse’s initial success had been due to people staying at home during the pandemic?

“Users soon realised it is always the same topics by the same people, who are selling themselves or getting deals for their agencies," he said?