Xiaomi Revives MiTalk as Audio Chat App Amid Concerns Raised Over China's Clubhouse Clones

Just eight days after being shut down, Xiaomi’s instant messaging app MiTalk announced a comeback. The Chinese smartphone giant on Saturday said it would turn the app into an invite-only audio chat platform for professionals — akin to Clubhouse, the viral app that was banned in China. “MiTalk, begin again,” the company said in a notice posted on Weibo. “The new MiTalk is an audio chat app for professionals. Here, you can listen to sharing and insights of professionals in various industries, and you can also ‘raise your hand’ to participate in the sharing. At the same time, you can create topics of interest to you,” the description read, adding that a small number of users have already received an invitation for beta testing. MiTalk will be a completely brand-new product and there are no plans to transfer previous accounts and data. Following a 10-year run, MiTalk went offline on Feb. 19. The IM app failed to gain traction among Chinese users and lost to Tencent’s WeChat, which has 1.09 billion daily active users. The new MiTalk will be an audio chat app for professionals. (Source: IT Home) MiTalk’s makeover sees it joining a raft of Chinese tech companies that…
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