Twitch the popular live streaming video platform captured the hearts of many gamers with its casino section. This made it possible for players to enjoy a thrilling gaming experience with other people who share the same interests. With a Twitch account, you can stream various games you like including live titles such as hot roulette to thoroughly enjoy gaming activities. Even better news for Twitch users is that it announced that will introduce more specific categories for the streamers. In the past, the platform only had two categories, i.e Creative, and IRL.

The company saw that these were not enough because they were too broad and did not accurately paint a picture of the content that was available for streaming. It saw it fit to have both gaming and non-gaming categories catering to the different needs of streamers. Have a look at some of the dedicated tabs that will be available on the platform.

• Just Chatting - This will be a section that is dedicated to conversations that viewers and streamers hold. It is just like when you are warming up when you first start streaming, doing live vlogging or even handling Q&As.
• Art - It is designed for all creatives like artists who come up with pieces like illustrations, paintings, photography, comics, and many more. You can use this whether you employ traditional or digital techniques. 
• Science and Technology - It is best when you are streaming activities such as gaming designs, software development, engineering, robotics, and science experiments. 
• Crafts and Hobbies - The section has been put in place for individuals who are working on DIY projects or crafting some real-world objects. It can include things such as sewing, making costumes, LEGO, sculpture, metalwork, woodwork and lots more. 
• Travel and outdoors - This will come in handy for travel enthusiasts. It covers the talking and walking needs of people who are exploring their hometowns or discovering new locations. 
• Food and Drink - The section covers anything from preparing meals, cooking them, consuming them and everything that is found in between. It covers the culture, creation, and consumptions of various foods and drinks. 
• Tabletop RPGs - This is a category that will ensure you can stream all the tabletop RPGs that you adore. 
• Beauty and Body Art - Streamers can take advantage of this category when they want to stream skincare routines, makeup, tattooing, body painting, etc. 
• Music and Performing Art - People who enjoy singing, dancing, creating music, playing instruments, and anything else that touches on music and performing arts will thoroughly enjoy the category. 
• Sports and Fitness - Whether you are training alone or participating in a team sport, the section will feature all the things that you would do in a gym and plenty more. 
• ASMR - Twitch will not offer a centralized place that will have AMSR content. 
• Special Events - This will carry some of the biggest events that may include PAX, TwitchCon, and E3. Here you can also expect to find various announcements from game developers as well as publishers. 
• Podcasts and Talk Shows - This will feature updates from all podcasts out there.
  

The new categories will be available on the Browse page so that users can easily access them. Additionally, Twitch will also be doing away with the communities replacing them with Tags. The tags will enable streamers to describe their stream regardless of the game that they are participating in.

The streamer will be in charge of setting the tags and he/she will be free to have as many as 5 tags on the Live Dashboard. These will appear alongside stream title, video thumbnail, and the category or game you are interested in. Some of the tags will, however, be chosen automatically by Twitch.

The reasons the company had to do this was to make sure that users could explore a full range of content instead of being limited to gaming only. It was a move that would also help enhance the visibility for non-gaming streamers. This will most likely increase the number of unique streamers where more people will be in a position to make money through the company’s partner program. All the above changes will most likely go live in September, but the dates are not set on stone.