Facebook to rival Periscope with new live video feature
by Jemima Kiss and agencies from Technology | The Guardian on (#126FW)
Users in the US will be able to use the new feature on Facebook's iPhone app in the next few weeks, part of a drive to expand video on the site
Facebook will start broadcasting live video in a dedicated space on its iPhone app, it announced on 28 January.
The feature will initially only be accessible for users in the US who have the Facebook iPhone app and will extend the feature to the rest of its 1.6 billion users over the next few weeks. An Android version is also being developed.
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