Instagram is far from still photos anymore. The app released a feature Tuesday where users can start a live video and then invite someone else to join in on-camera.
The live video appears in a split-screen mode, with the original creator of the video on top and the guest on the bottom. The user can invite any current viewer to join the broadcast by tapping an icon on the bottom right.
SEE ALSO:Apple’s Instagram account reeks of desperationIf you don't have access to the feature yet, don't freak out. Instagram is testing it with a small percentage of users and said it will introduce it globally over the coming months.
It's not about one-to-one private video chat, like you would do on FaceTime, Skype, or Snapchat (Instagram's number one enemy). Rather, the live video is available for all your followers to see in real time. Viewers can send hearts and comment on the video, as well.
Instagram, in a blog post, pitched the new feature as something for teens to use with their friends. "Now, you can hang out and go live together, whether you’re just doing homework or catching up on your day," the blog post reads.
But the feature will, for sure, be something that influencers (people who make it their job to broadcast on social media) will gravitate toward. That's bad news for Twitter's Periscope, YouNow, and any other platform that dared to compete with the giant that is Facebook.
The update is also a feature that Snapchat, the app that primarily competes with Instagram for millennials' attentions, doesn't have. Snapchat does offer video chat, but it's only viewable one-to-one. Users can also leave video and audio notes to each other.
These live videos can be saved to your phone and discarded or shared to your Snapchat, errr, Instagram Story. By the way, 250 million people are using Instagram Stories every day. At last count, Snapchat had under 200 million daily users.
TopicsFacebookInstagramSnapchatSocial Media
(责任编辑：時尚)
Here's what 'Game of Thrones' actors get up to between takes
The Pink Stuff cleaner review: the TikTok product lives up to the hype
What is baby Yoda's name? Star Wars questions we don't want answered.
EV owners can get free ultra
Visualizing July's astounding global temperature recordsDid our grandparents have the best beauty advice?
Do our grandparents really know what's best?They're older and wiser, and they have no shortage of ad
...[详细]How to delete your Clubhouse account
When it comes to brick-and-mortar clubhouses, getting in is typically the challenge. Clubhouse, the
...[详细]"We live in a society": Explaining the edgelord meme in Justice League
A clip from Zack Snyder's new Justice Leaguecut is proof that we do, in fact, live in a society. The
...[详细]Climate change is making Kyoto's cherry blossoms bloom the earliest in 1,200 years
Cherry blossoms in Kyoto, Japan reached peak bloom on March 26 this year — the earliest the ev
...[详细]Felix the cat just raised £5000 for charity because she's the hero we all need
LONDON -- Remember Felix, the Huddersfield train station cat who got promoted to Senior Pest Control
...[详细]Stunning photo shows Perseverance's Mars landing from above
NASA's Perseverance rover shared an exciting photo on Friday from right before its wheels first touc
...[详细]Terrifying drone image of Australian bushfire takes top prize in wildlife photo contest
A grim drone image of a line of fire ripping through the bush in northern Australia has claimed the
...[详细]Electric vehicle owners get free charging on Earth Day. The Electrify America charging network is of
...[详细]The five guys who climbed Australia's highest mountain, in swimwear
Climbing a freezing cold mountain is already hard enough work. But in briefs? Nope.
。It's too late fo
...[详细]Every 'Into the Dark' horror movie on Hulu ranked
Horror fans looking for their next great binge should head Into the Dark. This week, Hulu's scary mo
...[详细]This 'sh*tpost' bot makes terrible memes so you don't have to
13 best tweets of the week, including badass nuns, Werner Herzog, and Coach Horny
