Through an entry on their official blog, those responsible for the development of Facebook they have just announced the update of the platform with important news especially aimed at publishers. Among the most outstanding and interesting to mention, for example, the possibility of being able to broadcast live video from your browser. As a detail, as has been announced, it should be noted that this new functionality will begin to be available only on the media pages although it will gradually reach the rest of the users.
Currently, if you want to record a live video on Facebook, you simply have to use the mobile application. A somewhat peculiar form that does nothing but complicate life somewhat for all users who are dedicated to creating new content. Thanks to this novelty of the platform, now you will not need to juggle with your mobile since From any laptop or computer with webcam you can broadcast without major complications.
Facebook updates its platform seeking to offer more flexibility and freedom to content creators.
On the other hand, the interaction within the pages grows so that, you no longer need to be the administrator to start a live video. This is possible thanks to the creation of what Facebook has called collaborators. Thanks to this status, any administrator of a page can freely choose who of the collaborators can or cannot freely broadcast video. With this idea, according to Facebook itself, it is intended to give Facebook content creators more control, customization and flexibility over their broadcasts.
The news does not end here since now profiles with more than 5.000 followers will have metrics of your public videos. In this way, any user with this number of followers will be able to freely see the impact and scope that each of their videos has on the network. As a clarification, note that these metrics will be active for both normal videos and live videos and will include, among other things, minutes viewed, total number of views, interactions through reactions, comments and times the video has been shared.
Further information: Facebook