GNOME Twitch 0.2.0 adds new Chat feature

Recently, GNOME Twitch has been updated to version 0.2.0, and finally, in this version we already have the Chat function that users had requested so much. In addition, the user interface has also been slightly improved and some bugs found in previous versions have been fixed.

For those of you who do not know, Twitch is a video streaming platform video game oriented. In it, the Gamers they can perform gameplays live, so any user can see them in real time and, from this version, talk through a chat while watching the live.

As we told you in the introduction, the feature added in this new update that attracts the most attention is the chat function. From now on, any user can join the streaming chat session in question. Of course, for this it will be necessary that we register or log in to Twitch from the Preferences tab. Still, if we don't let's log in, we will be able to view the chat and all its messages, but we will not be able to participate in it.

The implementation of the chat that has been carried out, allows us teach Twitch emoticons, plus select text and background color we want through Dark or Light themes. You can also change the width and height of the chat, or even hide it in case we are not using it.

According to the developers themselves, there is still a lot of work in progress, plus there are a few important features planned for the new updates; in which we find the possibility of recording and taking screenshots of the live shows, as well as using different backends for the player (such as MPV and VLC).

We remind you that Twtich is Free Software. So we can see or download its source code from your official repository on GitHub. Also, if you want to see what are the changes planned for the next updates, you can see it in this link.

Install Twitch on Ubuntu

If you want to install Twitch on Ubuntu, you can do it as usual. Adding the necessary repository (from webupd8), updating it and finally installing the Twitch package. That is, by executing the following commands in the terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: nilarimogard / webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-twitch

As a final note, it is necessary to add that Twitch does not work in versions higher than Ubuntu 15.10, since it requires GTK 3.16.

We hope you liked the news, and that, if you like video games, give Twitch an opportunity to have a good time watching some Gameplay of our favorite games.