TwitchCon San Diego is happening this weekend, and as always, the platform had some news to share during the opening ceremony. For example, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy said that the service will provide streamers and viewers who break its rules with more clarity on why their accounts have been suspended.

Soon, Twitch will share every chat clip that resulted in a suspension with the user in question via email and the appeals portal. Eventually, this will be expanded to clips, allowing streamers to see how they violated the rules in a livestream or VOD. “We want to give you this information so you can see what you did, what policies were violated, and if you feel our decision was wrong, you can appeal it,” Twitch wrote in a blog post.

The service is also aware that permanent strikes on an account can be a problem for long-time streamers, who could end up getting banned for a minor infraction. To that end, Twitch is introducing a strike expiration policy starting in early 2025. “Low-severity strikes will no longer jeopardize streamers’ livelihoods, but we’ll still enforce the rules for high-severity infractions,” Twitch said. “Additionally, we’re adding more transparency by showing you exactly what led to a strike.”

On the broadcasting front, viewers of streamers who use Twitch’s Enhanced Broadcasting feature will be able to watch streams in 2K starting early next year. The option will initially be available in select regions, but Twitch plans to expand it elsewhere through 2025. Also of note, Clancy said that “we’re working on 4K.”

Also coming in 2025 is the option for those using Enhanced Broadcasting to stream vertical and landscape video simultaneously. The idea here is to give viewers an optimal experience depending on the device they use to watch streams.

Elsewhere, Twitch is planning some navigation improvements in its revamped mobile app, including being able to open your Followed channels with a single swipe and prioritizing audio from the picture-in-picture player. Streamers will get access to a feature called Clip Carousel, which will highlight the best clips from their latest stream and make them easy to share across desktop and mobile. The platform says it will also make it easier for viewers to create clips on mobile.

Additionally, Twitch will roll out a shared chat option to its Stream Together feature next week, allowing up to six creators streaming together to combine their chats. Streamer mods will be able to moderate all messages in a shared chat and time out or ban anyone who crosses the line. Creators in a Stream Together session will also be able to disable Shared Chat for their own community.

Last but not least, Twitch will be expanding its Unity Guilds and Creator Clubs. The idea behind both is to help streamers connect, learn from each other, and grow with the help of Twitch staff. In the past year, Twitch has opened the Black Guild, Women’s Guild, and Hispanic and Latin Guild, and it just announced a Pride Guild for the LGBTQIA+ community. All four guilds will expand to accept members from all over the world next year.

Creator Clubs are a new feature that Twitch introduced last month for the DJ and IRL categories. Twitch says engagement has been higher than expected. Four more Creator Clubs are coming soon for the Artists/Makers, Music, VTubers, and Coworking/Coding categories.