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With the introduction of five new features, YouTube is expanding livestreams for viewers and creators.
YouTube announced five new Livestream features, some of which are currently in beta and will be available later this year.
In a video on YouTube's Creators Insider channel, these features are demonstrated. They are as follows:
- ‘Go Live Together’
- Live rings
- Cross-channel live redirects
- Uninterrupted split screen viewing
- Live Q&A
Here's more information on each of these features and how they'll improve the YouTube live-streaming experience.
1. Collaborative Livestreaming – Go Live Together
YouTube is presently running a small test of the Go Live Together feature.
It is a mobile device feature that allows for collaborative streaming. By sending a link, creators can invite guests to stream with them on Go Live Together.
Before going live for their audience, the host of the livestream can invite and screen their guests.
It should be noted that the guest's channel & user information will be obscured during the stream.
You'll be able to watch streaming analytics in YouTube Studio as the host of the Go Live Together stream, just like any other livestream.
The analytics, on the other hand, will be hidden from guests.
The Go Live Together stream may contain pre-roll and mid-roll advertisements, but guests will not benefit from them. The host channel will be credited with the ad revenue.
Following the pilot, YouTube plans to expand the number of creators who can use Go Live Together.
2. Live Rings
YouTube is working on merging live rings into the platform.
By placing a ring around a channel's profile picture, viewers will be able to tell when it is live.
Live Ring's goal is to increase viewership and discoverability of creators' livestreams on YouTube.
The viewer will be taken to the active livestream by tapping on the profile picture with the Live badge ring.
Live Ring is currently available on select mobile screens and will be made available on YouTube later this year.
3. Cross-Channel Live Redirects
Cross-Channel Live Redirect is the third feature in the works.
Producers with at least 1000 subscribers can now use a feature called Live Redirect to redirect their viewers from one live stream or premiere to another on their channel.
They cannot, however, direct their viewers to any other channel's live streams or premieres.
Creators with at least 1000 subscribers and no active community guideline strikes will be able to direct their viewing audience to a livestream and premiere hosted on a different channel with the launch of Cross-Channel Live Redirect.
The channel being redirected to can specify which channels they want to be redirected to, or they can allow all channels to be redirected to them.
4. Split-Screen Viewing On Mobile
YouTube is working on providing a seamless view of live streams for smart phones by using a split screen with two different viewing experiences.
Rather than the Live Chat overlay from the classic view, the Live Chat conversation panel will sit on the right side of the screen in the lean in video and live chat experience.
When viewing the video in landscape mode, the Lean Back or Brief Live Chat experience allows it to be full screen. The number of people watching in the lower right corner represents the number of chats.
When the viewer clicks on the viewer count, the viewer is returned to lean in mode.
To ensure that the viewer does not miss anything, the Lean Back knowledge will show a teaser of key moments in the chat, such as a poll.
YouTube is beginning to bring both of these perspectives to viewers, and they should be fully operational by the end of the week.
5. Live Q&A
Another feature that YouTube plans to launch in the coming months is live Q&A.
A viewer can submit questions based just on the producer's question prompt during the livestream using Live Q&A.
Creators' answers will be briefly pinned to the top of the live chat, order to encourage other viewers to ask their own questions.
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