made half the app geniunly unusable for no reason

Twitch app didn't get any proper updates for what feels like a decade, then you do this and it's SO far from what's needed/wanted by anyone who uses the app. I've not seen a company so far out of touch with their user base as Twitch has become.

When i open the app I do NOT what a stream opening,the home page of the app should NOT be a stream, it should open right to the, Your Following list, that shows the thumbnail for the streams (like is was before). you can't tell what going in a steam form just a NAME, and category that shown on a drop down list.

Immediately uninstalled after finding only the autoplay option (which is OPT OUT, not OPT IN - scummy) and the mute by default toggle. Nothing about allowing the app to open to my followed streamers and who's online - the only reason why I use the app. Awful, greedy update.

Edit, forgot to mention: what an awful waste of vertical space. 16:9 stream but most of the screen is just some adaptive color averaging. Immediately frustrating.

Yes it is bad have uninstalled the app from the phone and downloaded an apk of the previous version and I now have a twitch app with a usable interface. Have also turned off auto update for the app.

The new UI makes is completely unsuitable for streams. I don't want to constantly flick through them like I'm watching shorts, I want to look for something I'm interested in and stay for a while. This update make it much harder to do. It also reduces the potential for smaller streamers to get new viewers as instead of potentially showing up as a recommenced channel (which no longer exists) they are shuffled into a feed where all of the bigger streamers are at the top. Please at least have an option to revert to the old layout.

Same. Bad change. Please revert.

I concur pls fix

Please revert the recent overhaul of the Mobile App. Don't try and fix it, just dump it completely.

Homescreen/Following Pages: Autoplays a random stream. It can be loud and is just always annoying, not to mention instantly using data when usually I look for a stream I follow before watching. I often watch VODs and enjoyed being able to quickly continue where I left off from the homescreen/following page, now they are just gone. Completely gone. This is unacceptable. Why was this taken away from us?

Popout Mode: Completely gone from mobile. Why? This was useful. Now when I want to browse something while watching the stream, I can't. No option, just gone.

Whispers: When a user sends me a whisper, I no longer can respond without completely leaving the stream I was watching. Why? This is just a downgrade in all aspects.

Clips: On mobile just often don't work, does nothing when the button is pressed. Guessing that closing the stream you are watching breaks it? IDK.

This whole new UI/UX was just a terrible attempt at copying TikTok/YouTube Shorts, and it isn't working. Just taking a look at the App Reviews on the Google Play Store and you can see the rating of the app is tanking so fast. Please just revert this overhaul, it's just terrible in so many ways. The previous layout was working quite well and should have been improved on instead of completely dumped for this.

I completely agree to this! This update is horrible!