One of many appeals of Twitch is watching issues unfold stay, however I can’t rely the variety of instances I’ve wished I may scrub again to see one thing once more or a second I might need missed. Quickly, although, Twitch could have an answer to that downside, because it’s at present testing a new Rewind the Stream button with some customers.
If you hit the button, you’ll be rewinded two minutes again within the stream, Twitch tells The Verge. From there, you’ll be able to scrub by what’s been streamed up to now and even watch what you missed at completely different speeds, such as you would with another Twitch VOD (video on demand).
When you hit the rewind button, you’ll nonetheless be capable to see what’s taking place within the stay stream, due to a picture-in-picture window that can seem above the chat. Nonetheless, if a streamer doesn’t have VODs enabled, you received’t be capable to use the rewind button. The rewind button check might be expanded to a couple of quarter of viewers within the coming days, in accordance with Twitch.
Over the subsequent month, some viewers may even see as much as 3 new buttons on stay channels pages: Rewind the Stream, Remind Me, & Watch Trailer. This experiment will inform future options solely and the buttons might be eliminated as soon as it’s full.
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Twitch can also be testing two different buttons. The Remind Me button will allow you to get a reminder for an upcoming scheduled stream, the corporate says. The Watch Trailer button will allow you to watch a channel trailer for a streamer (if they’ve one).
Twitch might be testing these buttons “over the subsequent month.” As soon as the check is over, the buttons might be eliminated.