Live streaming on Facebook is no longer just for famous people.
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By Mind Leaders Uganda:
The social
network is beginning to expand live streaming to more people, the company
announced Thursday. Facebook previously added live streaming to its Mentions
app, which is limited to people with verified accounts.
The feature,
called "Live," will begin to roll out to a "small percentage of
people in the U.S." who have iPhones. It's not clear if, or when, Facebook
plans to make it available more broadly, though the company often tests new
features among small groups of users before releasing them to its entire user
base.
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For those
who have the live-streaming feature available, it will appear as a "Live
Video" option in their status update. As with Periscope and Meerkat, you
can preface each video with a description of what you will be streaming. Once
live, broadcasters will be able to see who is watching and viewers are able to
comment on streams in real time. When the broadcast has ended, videos are saved
to your Timeline like any other video post.
To
complement the new live-video feature, Facebook is also testing a new look for
the status update menu that will appear at the top of some users' News Feeds.
Tapping the "What's on your mind?" prompt will bring up a drop-down
menu of the types of content you can share, including live video, if you have
the feature.
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Additionally,
Facebook is also adding a new collage tool that groups "photos and videos
that were taken together into a scrolling, moving collage" when previewing
images from your Camera Roll. Now, instead of seeing your photos in reverse
chronological order, when you open the Photo menu, you'll see collages of your
images "based on when and where you took them," Facebook says.
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