- In this video we're going to take a look
at Facebook's new mulitperson live broadcasting
and exactly how to use it.
Plus, we'll also show you how you can supercharge
your Facebook Lives
and get more than two people involved, live.
And a ton of advanced features as well.
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Facebook live is an incredibly powerful way
to connect and engage with your audience online.
Now with the new multiperson functionality,
it's way more powerful than ever.
We're going to run through exactly how it works
and some of the benefits so that
you can get started right away
as soon as it's enabled on your device.
Facebook Live multiperson broadcasting
was actually a feature that they started to roll out
a little while ago.
Then they stopped the rollout and pulled the feature.
So now they've revamped it and they're running it out again.
But at the time of filming this video,
not everyone has access to this feature yet.
It's not currently available on desktop or an android.
It's only available on iOS and only on selected accounts.
So, if the feature isn't available for you yet,
then keep an eye out, because it should be coming soon.
Now, before I jump in and show you the process
and how this actually works.
One of the coolest features that this currently has -
and I say currently has because I don't know
if they're going to keep this feature -
is the notifications and the way that it handles
the notifications for the guest and for the host
of the live stream.
So, typically with a Facebook Live if you're the host,
you're the one that's creating the live stream.
Your audience, your friends, your followers
will be notified that you're live.
So, they can join your livestream.
But, what's happening, at the moment,
is that the guest
or whoever you bring in, to your livestreams,
a notification goes out
to all of their friends or followers as well,
which is pretty awesome.
So, whether you're hosting a livestream
or you're coming in as a guest,
it means that both of your audiences get notified
that you're live.
And both of them can join the livestream in realtime
and join the conversation and really get involved.
So, the cross-pollination between
different people's profiles and audiences is amazing.
So, the potential for growth and interaction
is really, really powerful, at this point.
The reason I say that it might get pulled,
or they might pull the pin on this feature,
is due to the amount of notifications
that people could be receiving,
based on who their friends are following.
So, this could be something that gets a bit annoying
after a while.
Because you're now getting twice the amount of notifications
that people are live.
Because, whether they're a guest
or whether they're hosting a live stream.
So, I don't know but at the moment,
it's a pretty cool feature.
Okay, so all you need to do to get it going
is to Go Live as you normally would,
using the Facebook Live App.
As I said earlier, currently this is only on iOS.
So, open up the Facebook app, select live,
add a description for your live video,
as you normally would.
Now, before you press that Go Live button,
you'll need to make the choice
of whether you're going to Go Live in portrait or landscape.
Now, you can't change this while you're live,
so, this is the time to pick.
Before you press the button,
are you going to be vertical or horizontal?
Now, if your plan is to bring in guests,
then I would recommend that you do it horizontal
or in landscape.
Because then it will be a 50/50 screen split.
So, you'll get one half and they'll get the other.
Which makes it much easier for your viewers to watch.
If you're in portrait, you can still invite someone in,
but they'll be a small picture-in-picture,
or a small little box in the top corner of the video.
Now, the other thing you can do before you go live
is to press the little magic wand in the top right corner.
In there, you'll have access to filters.
You'll also have access to horizontal flip
and vertical flip of your video image.
So what that will let you do is to mirror your shot.
So if you've got any writing that's in your video,
it's not going to appear backwards.
You can also boost the brightness of your shot
in there as well.
Under filters, there's six different filters
or color effects that you can add to your video.
And you can also add some Snapchat like effects
to your videos as well.
When you're ready to go live, just hit Go Live,
as you normally would.
Now, to invite someone into you're live stream
and to be a part of your live stream,
all you need to do is swipe across to the right
and you can see a list of your live viewers.
Select the person that you want to invite and choose invite.
Now, from their end, they'll get a notification onscreen
saying they've been invited to join your livestream,
where they'll get to accept or decline.
Even after they accept or even after they hit, Go Live,
it won't bring them in until
they match their screen orientation
with your screen orientation.
So, it would tell them to rotate the phone if they need to
to match the orientation of the broadcast that you're doing.
Now to kick that person out from your broadcast
or to remove them from your broadcast,
next to their name or next to their profile picture,
is a little X.
You just have to hit that
and they'll be booted out, from your livestream.
The other important thing to note is that
currently this will only work with profiles.
It won't work in Pages or in Groups.
So it's a personal profile account only
that this feature is enabled on.
But, again, I'm sure that we'll see it in Pages
and in Groups soon enough.
Now going live multiperson to Facebook Live,
as we've just shown you, using the Facebook app,
you are limited to two people as a maximum,
on the livestream.
So, yourself as the host plus one guest.
Now you can add and remove guests
as many times as you want during the livestream.
But, you're maximum people count is two.
If you're looking to add more people,
if you want more people on your Facebook Lives,
then take a look at BELIVE.TV or CROWDCAST.IO.
Both of these will let let you go live to Facebook Live
and both of them will let you bring in multiple people.
Now, currently at the time of filming this video,
BELIVE.TV is still limited to two people.
But, they've already announced the feature,
ensuring that it works, to bring in a third person,
with rumors of a fourth coming in as well.
Currently BELIVE.TV is free.
Crowdcast on the other hand is a paid offering,
but you'll get some really advanced controls
and some really advanced features for you Facebook Lives.
So both of those are worth checking out
if you want to take your Facebook Lives to the next level.
So, that's how you can Go Live on
Facebook Live multiperson using the Facebook app.
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