LinkedIn is shutting down its Audio Occasions characteristic

Audio Occasions on LinkedIn will quickly be no extra.

In an replace revealed this week, LinkedIn introduced that it will be combining Audio Occasions with LinkedIn Dwell, successfully shutting down the audio-only streaming characteristic.

In keeping with the replace, LinkedIn customers can now not schedule a brand new Audio Occasion as of December 2. Audio Occasions already scheduled earlier than December 31 can proceed as deliberate. Any Audio Occasion scheduled after that date have to be rescheduled by December 15 as Audio Occasions will likely be fully unavailable after this yr.

The tip of LinkedIn’s Audio Occasions

LinkedIn launched Audio Occasions in 2022. The characteristic was the enterprise professional-oriented social community’s reply to Twitter’s Areas characteristic or the Clubhouse app. Streaming audio-only platforms grew to become fairly well-liked throughout the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Clubhouse, for instance, was valued at $1 billion at one level. 

Nevertheless, the audio streaming growth shortly ended as trade tendencies recalibrated following the top of lockdowns and the discharge of the COVID-19 vaccines. By 2023, Clubhouse was shedding half of its staff.

LinkedIn’s announcement says that the corporate is solely “unifying” its Audio Occasions and LinkedIn Dwell options. Nevertheless, LinkedIn Dwell, the platform’s stay streaming characteristic, requires that customers stream through a third-party service.

LinkedIn Dwell, the platform’s stay streaming characteristic, requires that customers make the most of a third-party streaming service. With the closure of Audio Occasions, LinkedIn may even be ending native streaming providers on its platform.