As more and more streamers migrate from Twitch, streaming star Valkyrae has revealed that YouTube will be testing out gifted channel memberships.
YouTube recently welcomed Sykkuno to its ranks, adding yet another major Twitch powerhouse to its ranks as more and more celebrities appear to be abandoning the purple platform in favor of other platforms.
The two companies are frequently at the center of debates over which is the “best” streaming service, and it appears that the debate has just heated up.
Valkyrae, a YouTube streamer, revealed the official release date for YouTube’s upcoming beta version of gifted channel memberships on her personal Twitter account on May 10, 2022.
The beta is set to begin on May 11th, and it appears to be limited to YouTube streamers Valkyrae, CouRage, and TimTheTatMan, who all made similar announcements.
Not only that, but Valkyrae also hinted at “many more changes to come,” implying that the platform may be subjected to even more competitive changes in the near future.
YouTube’s gifted memberships aren’t new; the platform teased this upcoming change in February, shortly after announcing that raids would be coming to the platform as well.
Gifted memberships seem to work in the same way that Twitch subscriptions do.
Users can buy a membership to a YouTube streamer’s channel and ‘gift’ it to another user, making for a unique birthday present for a friend and another way to support one’s favorite content creators.
If Rae’s announcement is any indication, YouTube users are in for a wild ride as the platform continues to roll out new features as it expands its streaming capabilities.
