All Facebook Gaming creators can co-stream now
Illustration by Alex Castro Facebook is adding co-streaming to Facebook Gaming, a useful feature the Twitch competitor has lacked since it launched in 2018. Additionally, while Twitch's version of a co-streaming feature - Squad Stream" - requires you to be a Twitch Partner, Facebook is making co-streaming available to everyone.
With co-streaming, we aim to increase discoverability for creators, encourage collaboration between creators and elevate the overall viewing experience," Facebook explains. In short, streaming the same game alongside someone else is mutually beneficial. Actually starting a stream involves tagging up to three other creators during stream setup or after you're live. If the other creators tag you back, then your audience is launched into a...