Facebook is launching a new feature that allows users to stream live video calls with up to 50 participants.
“Whether you host a book club with friends, interview a panel of experts, teach a fitness class, or stream with your friends for fun, going live from a room allows you to interact with audiences of any size,” said the company in a blog post on Thursday.
The feature allows users to stream video calls made in Messenger Rooms on Facebook Live.
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Facebook users who create a messaging room will be able to broadcast a live broadcast of the call from their profile, a Facebook page, or a Facebook group, allowing large audiences to watch in real time.
The creator of the room can add or remove participants, including those without a Facebook account, as well as lock and unlock a room at any time during the live broadcast.
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The feature will launch in some countries on Thursday with plans to expand to all regions where messaging rooms are available. The move comes when the company’s live streams from Facebook pages doubled in June compared to the same time last year.
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GOOGL | ALPHABET INC. | 1,516.75 | -48.10 | -3.07% |
The new feature will allow Facebook to compete with video conferencing platforms like Zoom and Google Meet, which have grown in popularity amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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In April, Zoom said it had reached 300 million active daily video users, correcting its previous claim of 300 million active daily participants, while Google said its Meet platform surpassed 100 million active daily daily users in the same month. and that the company is adding approximately 3 million new users every day.
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