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Notation: We are early on in our launch but growing. Anyone tin can join, listen, and speak in a Space on Twitter for iOS and Android. Currently you lot can listen in a Infinite on web. Nosotros are working on building out more functionality on twitter.com.

• How to use Spaces
• Spaces FAQ
• What Spaces volition feel like

How practice you start a Space?

1. The creator of a Space is the host. As a host on iOS, you can outset a Space in two ways: Long printing on the Tweet etch on your Home timeline and then tap the new Spaces icon (multiple circles forming a diamond shape) on the far left. Or, tap on your profile image at the meridian of your timeline.
2. Spaces are public, so anyone tin bring together as a listener, including people who don't follow you lot. Listeners can be directly invited into a Space by DMing them a link to the Space, Tweeting out a link, or sharing a link elsewhere.
3. Upward to 13 people (including the host and two co-hosts) can speak in a Space at whatever given time. When creating a new Space, you will meet options toName your Space andStart your Space.
4. To schedule a Space, tap Schedule for later. Choose the date and time yous'd like your Infinite to go live.
5. Once the Space has started, the host can transport requests to listeners to go co-hosts or speakers by tapping on the people icon  and adding co-hosts or speakers, or tapping on a person's contour picture inside a Space and adding them as a co-host or speaker. Listeners can request permission to speak from the host by tapping on theAsking icon beneath the microphone.
6. When creating a Space, the host will join with their mic off and be the only speaker in the Infinite. When ready, tapFirst your Space.
7. Allow mic access (speaking ability) to speakers by togglingPermit mic admission to on.
8. As the host, your Space will automatically serve live captions.
9. Equally a listener, cull whether or not you want to see captions by tapping the Testify captions button in your Spaces settings.
10. Get started chatting in your Space.
11. If you're hosting, make sure to Tweet out the link to your Infinite so other people can join. Tap on the  icon toShare via a Tweet.

Spaces FAQ

Where is Spaces available?

Anyone tin bring together, mind, and speak in a Space on Twitter for iOS and Android. Currently, starting a Space on web is not possible, but anyone can join and mind in a Infinite.

Who tin get-go a Infinite?

People on Twitter for iOS and Android can offset a Infinite.

Who tin run across my Space?

For now, all Spaces are public like Tweets, which means they tin can be accessed past anyone. They will automatically appear at the top of your Home timeline, and each Space has a link that tin can be shared publicly. Since Spaces are publicly accessible past anyone, it may be possible for people to listen to a Space without beingness listed equally a invitee in the Space.

We make certain information about Spaces available through the Twitter Developer Platform, such equally the title of a Space, the hosts and speakers, and whether it is scheduled, in progress, or consummate. For a more detailed list of the information well-nigh Spaces we make available via the Twitter API, check out our Spaces endpoints documentation.

Can other people see my presence while I am listening or speaking in a Space?

Since all Spaces are public, your presence and activity in a Infinite is also public. If you are logged into your Twitter account when yous are in a Space, you volition exist visible to everyone in the Infinite as well as to others, including people who follow you, people who peek into the Space without entering, and developers accessing information about the Infinite using the Twitter API.

If you lot are listening in a Infinite, your profile icon volition appear with a purple pill at the top of your followers' Home timelines. You have the pick to modify this in your settings.

Manage who can run across your Spaces listening activity

Footstep 1

Tap your contour photograph on the top left menu and navigate toSettings and privacy.

Pace 2

Nether Settings, go to Privacy and rubber and then to Spaces.

Step 3

Cull if y'all want to Allow followers to see which Spaces you're listening to by toggling this on or off.

Footstep 1

Tap your profile photo on the top left menu and navigate toSettings and privacy.

Stride 2

Under Settings, go to Privacy and safe and then to Spaces.

Step 3

Choose if you lot desire to Allow followers to see which Spaces you're listening to past toggling this on or off.

Step 1

On the left nav carte du jour, tap or click on the more icon and go to Settings and privacy.

Step 2

Nether Settings, navigate to Privacy and condom.

Step 3

Under Your Twitter activity, go to Spaces.

Footstep 4

Cull if yous want to Allow followers to see which Spaces you lot're listening to past toggling this on or off.

Your followers will e'er see at the peak of their Home timelines what Spaces you're speaking in.

What does information technology mean that Spaces are public? Can anyone heed in a Space?

Spaces tin can be listened to by anyone on the Internet. This is part of a broader characteristic of Spaces that lets anyone listen to Spaces regardless of whether or not they are logged in to a Twitter account (or fifty-fifty have a Twitter account). Because of this, listener counts may non match the actual number of listeners, nor volition the profile photos of all listeners necessarily exist displayed in a Space.

How do I invite people to join a Space?

Invite people to join a Space past sending an invite via DM, Tweeting the link out to your Abode timeline, or copying the invite link to send it out.

Who can join my Space?

For at present, all Spaces are public and anyone tin can bring together whatsoever Space every bit a listener unless you've blocked the account. If y'all create a Space or are a speaker in a Space, your followers will meet it at the top of their timeline.

Who tin can speak in my Space?

By default, your Space volition e'er be set toMerely people you invite to speak. You lot tin also alter theSpeaker permissions once your Space has been created. Tap the  icon, then tapAdjust settingsto see the options for speaker permissions, which includeEveryone,People you follow, and the defaultOnly people you invite to speak. These permissions are simply saved for this particular Space, and then whatsoever Space you create in the future volition use the default setting.

Once your Space has started, you tin send requests to listeners to become speakers or co-hosts by tapping on the  icon and adding speakers or borer on a person'due south profile moving-picture show inside a Space and adding them every bit a co-host or speaker. Listeners can request to speak from the host.

Hosts can as well invite other people outside of the Space to speak via DM.

How does co-hosting piece of work?

Upward to 2 people can go co-hosts and speak in a Space in addition to the 11 speakers (including the primary host) at one time. Co-host status can be lost if the co-host leaves the Space. A co-host tin remove their ain co-host status to get a Listener again.

Hosts can transfer primary admin rights to another co-host. If the original host drops from Space, the beginning co-host added will become the master admin.

Once a co-host is added to a Infinite, any accounts they've blocked on Twitter who are in the Space will be removed from the Infinite.

Can I schedule a Infinite?

Hosts tin can schedule a Space upwardly to 14 days in advance. Hosts tin can still create impromptu Spaces in the meantime, only can simply have a max of one upcoming scheduled Space.

When you open up up Spaces, tapSchedule for later on and choice the appointment and time y'all'd like to schedule your Infinite to go live. Equally your scheduled get-go time approaches, yous will receive push and in-app notifications reminding yous to showtime your Space on time. Scheduled Spaces are public and people can prepare reminders to exist notified when your scheduled Space begins.

How do I get notified well-nigh a scheduled Infinite?

Guests can sign up for reminder notifications from a scheduled Space card in a Tweet. When the host starts the scheduled Space, the interested guests get notified via push and in-app notifications.

Tin can I tape a Space?

Hosts can record Spaces they create for replay. When creating a Space, toggle on Record Space. While recording, a recording symbol will appear at the top to indicate that the Space is beingness recorded past the host. One time the Infinite ends, you will run across how many people attended the Space along with a link to share out via a Tweet. Under Notifications, y'all can besides View details to Tweet the recording. Under host settings, you lot will accept the option to choose where to start your recording with Edit start time. This allows you to cut out whatsoever expressionless air time that might occur at the beginning of a Space.

If yous choose to tape your Space, once the live Infinite ends, your recording will be immediately and publicly bachelor for anyone to mind to whenever they desire. Yous tin can always terminate a recording to go far no longer publicly available on Twitter by deleting your recording via the more icon on the recording itself. Your recording volition be available for thirty days afterwards the alive Infinite has concluded. As with live Spaces, Twitter will retain audio copies for 30 after they end to review for violations of the Twitter Rules. If a violation is found, Twitter may retain audio copies for up to 120 days in total. For more information on downloading Spaces, delight come across beneath FAQ, "What happens after a Space ends and is the data retained anywhere?"

Co-hosts and speakers who enter a Space that is beingness recorded will see a recording symbol (REC). Listeners will also run into the recording symbol, but they will not be visible in the recording.

Recordings volition bear witness the host, co-host(southward), and speakers from the live Infinite.

What is clipping?

Clipping is a new feature we're currently testing and gradually rolling out that lets a limited group of hosts, speakers, and listeners capture 30 seconds of audio from any live or recorded Space and share it through a Tweet if the host has not disabled the clipping role. To beginning clipping a Space, follow the instructions below to capture the prior thirty seconds of audio from that Space. In that location is no limit to the number of clips that Spaces participants can create.

When you enter the Infinite as a co-host or speaker, you will exist informed that the Space is clippable through a tool tip notification to a higher place the clipping icon.

Note: Currently, creating a prune is available only on iOS to a small exam grouping, while playing a clip is bachelor on all platforms to everyone.

Host instructions: How to plough off clipping

When you outset your Space, you'll receive a notification virtually what a clip is and how to plow it off, as clipping is on by default. You can plough off clipping at any time. To plow it off, follow the instructions below.

Step 1

 Navigate to the more  icon.

Footstep 2

Tap on Adjust settings .

Step iii

Nether Clips, toggle Allow clips off.

Host and speaker instructions: How to create a clipping

Step 1

In a recorded or live Space that is recorded, navigate to the clipping icon. Delight annotation that, for live Spaces, clips will be publicly bachelor on your Twitter profile later on your live Space has concluded fifty-fifty though the Space itself volition no longer be available.

Step 2

On the Create clip pop-up, go to Next.

Step 3

Preview the Tweet and add a comment if you'd like, similarly to a Quote Tweet.

Step 4

Tap on Tweet to post it to your timeline.

What controls do hosts take over existing clips?

Equally a host, if y'all turn off clipping for all Spaces from the onset, no i volition be able to clip your Spaces. If you choose to turn off clipping at whatever point thereafter, the feature will exist unavailable moving forward. To delete clips made prior to turning off the feature, you lot will need to delete your Space entirely.

What controls practice prune creators have over clips they've created?

Anyone who creates a prune can delete the clip by deleting the associated Tweet.

To delete a Tweet with a prune, navigate to the more than  icon and select Delete Tweet. For more than information, read How to delete a Tweet.

Other controls over clips: how to study, block, or mute

If you think a clip violates the Twitter Rules, you lot can study it. On the Tweet with the clip, become to themore  icon and select Report this Tweet. Learn more about reporting a Tweet.

You lot likewise have the selection to block or mute the account that Tweeted the clip. Navigate to the account'southward profile photo and from the more  icon, select the advisable activeness.

See beneath FAQs for more information on the controls you have over your Space, blocking, and muting an account, and reporting an account or Space.

What controls exercise I have over my Space?

The host and co-host(south) of a Space take control over who tin speak. They tin mute any Speaker, but it is up to the individual to unmute themselves if they receive speaking privileges. Hosts and co-hosts can also remove,  report, and cake others in the Space.

Speakers and listeners tin study and block others in the Space, or can report the Space. If y'all block a participant in the Space, yous will as well cake that person's account on Twitter. If the person you blocked joins equally a listener, they will announced in the participant list with a Blocked label under their account proper name. If the person you blocked joins every bit a speaker, they will too announced in the participant list with a Blocked characterization nether their account name and yous volition encounter an in-app notification stating, "An account you blocked has joined every bit a speaker." If you lot are entering a Space that already has a blocked business relationship as a speaker, you lot will likewise see a warning earlier joining the Space stating, "You have blocked one person who is speaking."

If y'all are hosting or co-hosting a Space, people you've blocked tin't bring together and, if you're added as a co-host during a Infinite, anyone in the Infinite who y'all blocked will be removed from the Space.

How tin I block someone in a Infinite?

While in a Space, tap on the business relationship'south profile photo to pull up the option menu. Tap Block. This action will too block the account on Twitter. Blocking someone in a Space will non automatically remove them from the Space unless you are a host or co-host of the Infinite.

How tin can I mute a speaker in a Space?

To mute a speaker in a live Space, tap on the account's profile photo, which will pull upwards an option menu. TapMute their micand you will receive an in-app notification that volition let you lot know the individual has been muted. You besides have the option to mute all speakers in your Space at one time.

How can I encounter people in my Space?

Hosts, speakers, and listeners can tap on the  icon to see people in a Infinite. Since Spaces are publicly accessible by anyone, it may likewise be possible for an unknown number of logged-out people to heed to a Space'southward audio without being listed as a invitee in the Infinite.

How tin I report a Space?

If you call back a Infinite violates the Twitter Rules, you can written report it while in the Infinite by tapping the more icon and tappingStudy this Space. Anyone in the Space can study information technology. Speakers and listeners tin study a Space and any account in a Infinite.

How can I report a person in a Space?

To report an business relationship in a Space, tap on the account'due south profile photo and and so tapReport. You will then demand to cull the reason for reporting the account.

How many people tin can speak in a Infinite?

For now, a maximum of 13 people (including the host and up to ii co-hosts) tin can speak at the same time.

How many people can listen in a Infinite?

There is no limit on the number of listeners.

What happens after a Space ends and is the data retained anywhere?

Spaces are accessible while they are live; once concluded, they volition no longer be available publicly on Twitter. Twitter retains copies of audio from Spaces and available captions for 30 days after a Infinite ends to review for violations of the Twitter Rules. If a Space is found to comprise a violation, we extend the fourth dimension we maintain a copy for an additional 90 days (a total of 120 days later a Infinite ends) to allow people to entreatment if they believe there was a mistake. Twitter also uses Spaces content and data for analytics and research to improve the service.

Hosts may download copies of their Spaces for as long every bit nosotros have them by using the Your Twitter Data download tool.

Links to Spaces that are shared out (east.g., via Tweet or DM) also comprise some information about the Infinite, including the description, the identity of the hosts and others in the Space, as well equally the Infinite'south current state (e.grand., scheduled, live, or ended). We brand this and other information nearly Spaces bachelor through the Twitter Developer Platform. For a detailed list of the information about Spaces nosotros make available, bank check out our Spaces endpoints documentation.

Who tin can finish a Space?

The host of a Space has the ability to cease a Space. A Space may also end if it is found to be in violation of the Twitter Rules.

Does Spaces piece of work for accounts with protected Tweets?

Accounts with protected Tweets are not able to create Spaces. They are able to join and speak in other people'due south Spaces, and their presence will be visible to other participants.

Is Spaces accessible for people who are deafened or hard of hearing?

People in a Space tin tap the Show captions button to run into automatic live captions (with a few seconds of delay).

Captions only appear on-screen when a person is looking at a live Infinite. We do non testify captions to a person if they take docked the Space to the bottom of their Twitter app or are off the app (although the audio will continue to play).

How is Twitter thinking well-nigh accessibility?

Nosotros're collaborating internally with our accessibility teams and with an external accessibility vendor for review.

Spaces will too release with accessibility for screen readers, though like whatever product, nosotros'll continue to brand additional improvements over time.

Does Spaces support captions or other accessibility options?

People in a Infinite tin can navigate to the more  icon and tap the Show captions push to see automated live captions (with a few seconds of filibuster).

What Spaces will feel like

Spaces Sensory Guide

A sensory guide is an accessibility tool that identifies sensory stimuli that people may meet in an environs.

Joining a Space

Sensory guide of how joining a space might feel.

	Sound Level	Motion Level	Imagery Level	Information Level
Receives invite via DM to join a space or sees an active space in Armada line or timeline	Quiet	Low	High	High
Joins space as a listener and enters a conversation	Medium	Captions off: Low; Captions on: Medium	Captions off: Medium; Captions on: Loftier	Captions off: Medium, Captions on: High
Requests speaker privileges	Medium	Low	Medium	Medium
Unmutes self and contributes to the conversation	Loud	Captions off: Low; Captions on: Medium	Caption off: Medium; Captions on: Loftier	Caption off: Medium; Captions on: High
Infinite ends or leaves conversation	Placidity	Low	Low	Low

Hosting a Space

Sensory guide of how hosting a Space might feel.

	Audio Level	Move Level	Imagery Level	Information Level
Opens Twitter app on iOS	Placidity	Low	Loftier	High
Taps "Start Space"	Quiet	Low	Medium	Captions off: Medium, Captions on: High
Names and starts Space	Serenity	Low	Medium	Medium
Launches Space, begins speaking as listeners join	Medium to Loud	Captions off: Low; Captions on: Medium	Caption off: Medium; Captions on: High	Caption off: Medium; Captions on: High
Ends Space	Quiet	Low	Low	Low

Spaces Social Narrative

A social narrative is a simple story that describes social situations and social behaviors for accessibility.

Twitter Spaces allows me to join or host live sound-just conversations with anyone.

Joining a Infinite

one. When I join a Twitter Space, that means I'll be a listener. I can bring together any Space on Twitter, even those hosted by people I don't know or follow.

2. I can join a Space by selecting a profile photo with a majestic, pulsing outline at the summit of my timeline, selecting a link from someone's Tweet, or a link in a Direct Message (DM).

3. Once I'm in a Space, I tin come across the profile photos and names of some people in the Space, including myself.

4. I can hear one or multiple people talking at the same time. If it'due south also loud or overwhelming, I tin can plow downwards my volume.

5. As a listener, I am non able to speak. If I want to say something, I can send a request to the host. The host might not approve my request though.

6. If the host accepts my asking, I will get a speaker. It may accept a few seconds to connect my microphone, so I'll accept to wait.

7. Now I can unmute myself and speak. Everyone in the Infinite will exist able to hear me.

eight. When someone says something I desire to react to, I can choose an emoji to show everyone how I feel. I will be able to see when other people react as well.

9. I can exit the Infinite at any fourth dimension. Subsequently I leave, or when the host ends the Space, I'll go dorsum to my timeline.

Hosting a Infinite

1. When I start a Space, that ways I'll be the host. Anyone tin join my Space, fifty-fifty people I don't know and people I don't follow.

ii. Once I start my space, it may take a few seconds to exist continued, so I'll take to wait.

three. Now I'm in my Space and I can meet my profile photo. If other logged-in, people have joined, I will be able to see their profile photos, too.

4. I will start out muted, which is what the microphone with a slash through it means. I can mute and unmute myself, and anyone in my Infinite, at any fourth dimension.

5. I can invite people to join my Infinite by sending them a Direct Message (DM), sharing the link in a Tweet, and past copying the link and sharing it somewhere else similar in an email.

6. Upward to 10 other people can have speaking privileges in my Space at the same time, and I tin can choose who speaks and who doesn't. People can also request to speak, and I can choose to approve their request or non.

seven. When people join my Infinite, I may hear one or multiple people speaking at the same time. If I think they're too loud, I tin turn down my volume or mute them.

8. I tin revoke speaking privileges, and cake, remove or study someone if they're being offensive or disruptive to me or others.

9. When someone says something I want to react to, I can choose an emoji to bear witness everyone how I feel. I volition be able to see when other people react as well.

10. When I end my space it volition finish for anybody.

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