Microsoft acquired interactive livestreaming service Beam, which lets viewers watch and play along with their favorite gamers in real time. A competitor to Amazon- owned Twitch, Beam lets users interact with the stream through choosing their own tools. “One of the best parts about Beam is that interactivity is easy for streamers to enable and customize, and is designed to work with any game,” said Xbox Live partner group manager Chad Gibson in a blog post.

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