YouTube will soon throw open the gates to live broadcasting inside its mobile apps. The mobile live streaming feature will be baked into the ione Android apps, putting it in direct competition with Twitter-owned riscope Facebook ve.
The announcement on the YouTube Creator Blog didn’t mention a specific launch date. However, the details show a service that is similar to other live platforms, with the ability to allow live chat, make the stream public, notify subscribers.
YouTube Creator Blog st like other live-streaming platforms, YouTube will offer live commentary the ability to ping your subscribers.
also proclaimed it would have an inherent superiority with its take on livestreaming thanks to its longsting ability to host most of the world’s online videos. The live broadcast feature is coming first to YouTube’s more popular creators before it’s made available to all, presumably to work out any issues before the masses can partake.
y this matters: ve video has become very popular, most dramatically this week when U.S. House Democrats used riscope to live broadcast their sit-in to call for a vote on gun safety legislation. th this capability entering the mainstream, YouTube certainly doesn’t want to be left out while rivals Facebook riscope take up all the attention.
