Facebook Testing Live Video By Users, Launches Collages

Facebook continues to become more and more visual with Thursday’s announcements of a test of live video from users and the introduction of collages of photos and videos.

Facebook continues to become more and more visual with Thursday’s announcements of a test of live video from users and the introduction of collages of photos and videos.

The social network already offered a live video feature for celebrities, public figures and journalists, Live for Facebook Mentions, but this test with a small group of U.S. iPhone users marks the first time the capability has been made available to “regular” users.

Product managers Vadim Lavrusik and Thai Tran described how the feature works in a Newsroom post, adding that live videos will appear directly in News Feed, and that users can click on a subscribe button to be notified the next time the creator of a live video uses the feature:

To share live video, tap on update status and then select the live video icon.

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