Twitch to ditch Flash, support video uploads in 2016

This takes aim directly at YouTube who recently went after Twitch by launching YouTube Gaming, a streaming platform for game broadcasters that also allows direct uploads and VODs already. As part of its first annual TwitchCon event, it revealed that it will start supporting video uploads sometime in 2016, while also killing its Flash support on the web in favor of HTML 5. Coming in early 2016. But now the company will make it possible for players to upload video to Twitch, starting next year. This will ensure broadcasters have full control over how they present their content. Whispers’ history is also persistent so users can return to their whispers conversation any time-even as they move from one channel to another. But Twitch hasn’t had an “upload” function to post previously recorded content, like, say, a nicely produced music video parody or an interview captured somewhere without Internet. That is about to change, as all PlayStation platforms (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation TV) are in line to receive an official Twitch app. Look for that to arrive in October.

Announced today at TwitchCon, a dedicated Twitch viewing app is finally coming to Sony’s modern PlayStation consoles.

Twitch lets users broadcast live video of themselves playing or chatting about video games, and it’s easy for people to watch those livestreams or archived recordings.