Popular iPhone trivia app HQ Trivia is testing a new social feature in the UK, which allows its users to locate and add their real life friends in the HQ app, reports TechCrunch.
When you add your friends to the HQ app using the new feature, you can keep track of their progress and see who else is playing in any given game. Adding social features is the next major step for HQ Trivia, which now has a player base in the millions.
If you're unfamiliar with HQ Trivia, it's an iPhone and iPad app that hosts multiple daily trivia sessions where players can win real money by correcting answering all of the questions. Each game features a set prize pool, and the prize pool is divided among all of the winners.
In the U.S., games take place at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time each day, with a second game available at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time on weekdays. Other special games are also often added to the lineup.
HQ Trivia launched last year and has seen strong user growth since then. The company recently started offering sponsored prizes provided by corporate sponsors that include Nike and Warner Bros. HQ just this morning announced an upcoming guest host episode that will star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and will offer a $300,000 prize pool.
This Wednesday afternoon, Dwayne Johnson (@therock) guest hosts HQ for our largest prize ever - $300,000. Keep your phone close 📱 pic.twitter.com/unfVaUX05b — HQ Trivia (@hqtrivia) April 9, 2018
The Friends on HQ feature is rolling out in the UK first, with a United States launch to follow "soon after." HQ also plans to roll out "a variety of new features" that will be "leveraging friends' connections."
HQ Trivia can be downloaded from the App Store for free. [Direct Link]
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