Facebook to Highlight Moments in Archived Facebook Live Videos With Most Engagement

Facebook users watching archived Facebook Live videos may soon have a way to skip to the “highlights.”

Facebook users watching archived Facebook Live videos may soon have a way to skip to the “highlights.”

Josh Constine of TechCrunch reported that the social network is preparing a visualized timeline displaying the points during archived Facebook Live videos when they received the most engagement—likes and other Reactions, as well as comments.

ArchivedFacebookLiveVideoReactions

Product management director Fidji Simo told Constine:

Around two-thirds of the watch time for Facebook Live happens when the video is no longer live, which tells us that people are interested in watching live videos even if they can’t catch them while they’re happening.

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