Live broadcast feature added to YouTube Shorts. Vertical format live broadcasts opened by content producers will be available to users in the stream.
YouTube continues to bring new features to Shorts, a short video format similar to TikTok. The platform has now announced that it has introduced an innovation that is of particular concern to content producers. Now in the Shorts section live broadcasts it will include.
According to the statements made on the company’s official accounts, live broadcasts of content producers will be visible to users in the Shorts stream.
This is what YouTube Shorts live streams look like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNhm0LcJx62klO01
According to YouTube’s statement, vertical format live broadcasts in the Shorts stream will appear as a preview. Users will be able to watch the broadcast in full screen when they click on the “Watch Live Broadcast” button that appears at the bottom. On the other hand, by scrolling in the flow Browse through live broadcasts It will also be possible. As with other applications sending emoji reactions, writing in chat Features such as these are also available in Shorts live broadcasts.
Producers who want to open live broadcasts on Shorts will need to meet certain conditions. To open a live broadcast Have more than 50 subscribers and one-time verification It will be necessary. Producers who meet these will be able to open a broadcast by clicking on the “Live” section from the video creation section. Things such as the title of the broadcast, its visibility, which audiences it will be for, and the cover image can also be selected from this section.
This move by YouTube will bring the application a little closer to TikTok and allow it to compete with its rival’s live broadcast feature. On the other hand, we have been seeing similar moves from TikTok recently. The platform had started to target YouTube by focusing on long-format videos.
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