The feature was first announced in 2015 as well as available just to celebs. Ever since, Facebook has actually made it readily available to any kind of user with an active account or Page.
Broadcast Live On Facebook
Here's the best ways to start an Online Video:
-In the Facebook app, start to make up a status as you generally would.
-On iphone, a list of alternatives will certainly show up below the text field, faucet on Live Video > Continue.
-On Android, faucet on Go Live > Continue.
-Offer your Online Video a title (e.g. "Playing miniature golf!") and also establish the degree of personal privacy (friends, public, etc).
Once you start streaming, an alert will certainly be sent to your Facebook friends, notifying them of your stream. The leading half of your display will show what your audiences are seeing, with a control to switch between the front as well as rear dealing with camera in the top-right edge.
The bottom half of the screen is where notifications of comments and new customers will appear. Throughout a stream, you could include filter results to the Video, button in between the front and also back camera or enter remarks in the text area near the bottom.
On an iOS device, you could also make use of the screen to illustrate or highlight a challenge viewers. The drawing feature is missing out on from the Android version of the app (at the very least on my devices). Nonetheless, Android users can send out welcomes to certain Facebook Friends during an Online Video, whereas the exact same attribute seems to be missing from my iphone gadgets.