At TwitchCon San Diego, Twitch announced several updates aimed at enhancing transparency and improving features for streamers and viewers. CEO Dan Clancy revealed that Twitch will soon provide users with more clarity when their accounts are suspended. Streamers and viewers who break the rules will receive chat excerpts via email or the appeals portal that led to their suspension.
In the future, this will expand to include clips from live streams or VODs, giving users better insights into what policy violations occurred and the opportunity to appeal decisions if necessary.
Twitch also acknowledged the issue of permanent account strikes, especially for long-time streamers who may face bans over minor infractions. To address this, Twitch will introduce a strike expiration policy in 2025.
Twitch Enhances Transparency with New Account Suspension Policies for Streamers
Low-severity strikes will eventually expire, which will reduce the risk of streamers losing their accounts for small mistakes. However, the platform emphasized that it will continue to enforce rules strictly for major violations while providing transparency about the reasons for strikes.
On the technical side, Twitch plans to enhance the viewing experience with new broadcasting features. Starting in early 2024, streamers using the Enhanced Broadcasting feature will be able to offer streams in 2K resolution, initially in select regions.
Twitch also mentioned that they are working on introducing 4K resolution streaming. Additionally, in 2025, the platform will allow simultaneous vertical and horizontal streaming, giving viewers a better experience based on their device.
The Twitch mobile app is set to receive several improvements in the coming months. Viewers will have easier access to their following channels, and the audio from the picture-in-picture feature will be prioritized. Streamers will gain access to the Clip Carousel feature, which will make it easier to showcase and share top clips from recent streams. Viewers on mobile devices will also find it simpler to create clips of streams.
Twitch is also expanding community-focused initiatives like Unity Guilds and Creator Clubs to help streamers connect, grow, and learn. The platform announced that its existing guilds for marginalized communities, such as the Black, Women’s, Hispanic, and Latin Guilds, will expand globally next year.
Additionally, Twitch will continue growing its Creator Clubs, which debuted recently for DJs and IRL streamers. Four new Creator Clubs for categories like Artists/Makers, Music, VTubers, and Coworking/Coding will launch soon.
