If you’ve been following recent Facebook updates, you know that just a few months ago they started rolling out a live video streaming feature. Over the past couple of months they’ve made some improvements and users started to see Facebook Live on the left hand sidebar early last week – the cool app “lets you browse Live streaming videos on a world map.”
Here’s what Mashable had to say about the new Live Map:
“The map, which is also available at www.facebook.com/livemap/, is relatively basic, with blue dots representing Live videos — the bigger the dot, the more viewers the video has. You can zoom in or out, with thumbnail-sized videos starting as soon as you move your mouse over a blue dot; click on one, and it will expand into a much larger version. The sidebar on the left offers a selection of live videos, though it’s unclear on what criteria they’re chosen.”
Image via Mashable
While the Mashable reporter made it clear that he wasn’t “sure whether the map shows all the Live videos that are currently streaming around the world (it seems unlikely, there are far too few), but it does offer some insight into where the service is popular. Obviously, this also depends on the time zone.” And, based on his assessment, there was the “biggest concentration of blue dots in Thailand and Vietnam, indicating that people there are crazy about video streaming.”
When the new live streaming video feature rolled out to users starting in February – lots of users jumped on the bandwagon – but how cool is it to be able to see videos from around the world? From the United States to the United Kingdom, Asia and beyond – staying in tune with the rest of the world through live video streaming is just one more example of how connected we really have become through Facebook. It’s remarkable!
If you haven’t tried creating your own Facebook Live video, it’s pretty simple and fun too!
Image via Facebook Live.
According to Facebook, “Live is the best way to interact with viewers in real time. Field their burning questions, hear what’s on their mind and check out their Live Reactions to gauge how your broadcast is going.”
Have you tried Facebook Live or checked out this new Facebook Live map feature?
