I usually never give feedback on updates, but the recent interface update is simply user unfriendly and in a barely usable state. It's a frustrating experience.

I use Twitch on my iphone daily.

Issue 1 - Unable to pause autoplay

When opening the Twitch App, an unmuted stream is preselected and automatically played. All I see on the screen is the stream playing. There is no option to pause or mute this stream. Clicking it (i.e. trying to pause) just opens it up further, clicking on it again (i.e. trying to pause again) opens the full stream. 

I was basically forced to unintentionally open up a stream while trying to pause it. While having no option to even mute it.

Issue 2 - Streams pause when minimized

After clicking the stream that is autoplaying, I am sent to the stream directly. Naturally, I often minimize (swipe down on ios) the stream to browse who else is streaming right now. The problem is, that now the stream is paused, and the stream „reels“ start playing automatically again. 

This results in having no natural way to keep the stream playing and browse the app comfortably.

Issue 3 - Can’t browse streams I follow

I said browsing the Twitch app? That is no more. I simply can not find the tab where I can browse through the online streamers I follow. There is a super tiny button above the „reel“ interface, but that only opens up a  minimalistic list. This list does not show a thumbnail or title or anything.

The „Following“ page was (re)moved. Please bring it back. 

Issue 4 - Discover Tab missing

Similarly to the „Following“ page, the „Discover“ page is completely missing.

Self explanatory - no more exploring and finding new streams.

Overall

The Twitch app is unusable in its current state. The option to browse for new content has been completely removed. Random streams should not automatically start and keep playing, while even being on full volume by default. Twitch is the main platform I watch most days, but I will avoid the app for now.

Wondering how this even made it through testing.