Live streaming is not a new feature on applications YouTube, but today the company announced that mobile live streaming will be available to more users. YouTube has supported live streaming since 2011 and rolled out support for 360-degree live streaming with 4K video resolution in 2016.
From today, mobile live streaming will be available to YouTube creators who have more than 10.000 subscribers to their channels. Those who do not meet the above condition will have access to mode soon, but YouTube didn't say exactly when.
"Putting the feature that will put the power of live streaming into the hands of hundreds of thousands of talented creators, giving them a more intimate and spontaneous way to share their thoughts, their lives and their creativity," YouTube says.
To start a mobile live stream, content creators just need to run it application YouTube for mobile now has the new feature.
Along with the above feature, YouTube has also introduced a feature that will help content creators monetize their live streams. Starting today, Super Chat will be available to content creators in more than 20 countries and viewers from more than 40 countries around the world.
Super Chat will allow viewers to comment and pay a small amount of money to emphasize bright colors or to stay pinned at the top of the conversations for up to five hours. The Super Chat chat feature was announced last month.