Twitch Completes TikTok Makeover with New App Update

Twitch’s mobile app is getting a major update that puts its TikTok-like channel front and center. The company began testing the update earlier this year, and the new app will roll out to all Android and iOS users this week, Twitch says in a blog post.

The big change is that the new app will open to a feed of content you might like (the “Home” tab) instead of opening to a “Following” tab. The change follows a number of steps Twitch has taken in this direction: The company announced an initial “discovery feed” experiment in August, and in April, it rolled out the feed to all users as a “Channel” tab in the mobile app. Earlier this year, as part of his 2024 open letter , Twitch CEO Dan Clancy also discussed the company’s plans to make the discovery feed “the new landing experience on the app.”

More than 50 percent of Twitch users “primarily” watch Twitch on their phone, but “we need to make it easier for these viewers to find content when they visit Twitch and make the experience more enjoyable so they come back more often,” the company says in a blog post. The redesigned app aims to make it easier to “find the streamers you already love, as well as discover and explore new streamers.”

The new app also has a Browse tab, an Activity tab to see notifications, a Profile tab, and a plus button you can tap to access features like going live. If you want to see what’s going on with the streamers you follow, you can tap the Following channel in the top left corner.