What is Facebook Live and how does it work?

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Facebook Live was announced in August 2015 as a rival to Twitter's live streaming app Periscope.

For starters, access was restricted to VIPs such as Serena Williams, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Ricky Gervais and Michael Bublé. Journalists were next in line to gain access.

Since then, Facebook's two billion active users can broadcast live video to their friends and family.

Facebook Live is a valuable new addition to the social network, allowing you to record videos and broadcast them live to your friends, followers, and even the world.

Whereas before, videos had to be recorded and italy whatsapp resource uploaded to the app or website after the fact or event, Facebook Live makes it possible to share those moments as they happen.

To use it, you'll just need a touch of your iOS or Android touchscreen.

The way Facebook Live works, therefore, is through an iOS device, such as an iPad or iPhone, or an Android phone or tablet.

On the other hand, Facebook Live is not available for Facebook on the web, although you can watch the live videos from Facebook.com

To make it work you'll first need to make sure you have the latest version of the Facebook app for iOS and Android. You can check this by searching for Facebook in the App Store or Google Play.

Then when you open the Facebook app, you'll see the box that says: What's on your mind?

When you click on that you will see a bar with the option to Go Live. Click on that to go to the video capture screen.

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