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Facebook’s internal R&D team (NPE), launched a new app in their music space series, called BARS. This app is supposed to enable all rappers, from beginners to professionals to create, enhance and showcase their skills.
The NPE team previously launched a music app called COLLAB, which lets you collaborate and make new music with other artists and showcase them. Whereas, the BARS app comes with pre-made beats and auto-tune features. A rapper can add their lyrics and record their performance. It also suggests rhyming words when one is trying to create lyrics, along with various audio and video filters.
This new app also features a “challenge mode” where you can rap freestyle and provide word-cues for other people to join in creating a more game-like element for better engagement and fun. It lets you record videos up to 60 seconds long which later can be saved under the camera roll or can be shared on various different social media platforms.
It’s basically Facebook’s attempt to create a competitor for TikTok. Currently, it only focuses on fun with rap lyrics and beats but you never know what features can add up in case it’s a success.
The app interface very much resembles the TikTok interface and features a fire button instead of a like or love button. So, if you enjoy something, you can hit the fire button as many times as you like. BARS was launched on 27th Feb 2021 in a closed Beta. For iOS fin the US only and is currently open for just registrations. So, if you are interested you can at least book a username for yourself well in advance.
Facebook says it will roll out the invites for all in batches, starting with the users in the US. More updates and news about the app and its launch to be shared on Instagram.
Facebook’s experimental app division consistently keeps working on new concepts and ideas. They have launched many apps in the near past like COLLAB, Collage Maker E.gg, Hobbi, etc. They keep the ones that are able to draw the attention of the users else the app is shut down. The team continues to work on something new. Well, its a competitive world and you never know what can click and turn into a huge success.
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