In an announcement made on Friday, social network Facebook has revealed that it will start rolling out the Facebook Live Video to the users of its app for the Android platform this week.

The Facebook Live Video feature -- which allows users to broadcast Facebook Live on their feeds -- was first launched by the social networking giant in 2015, with celebrities and other public figures. In January 2016, Facebook expanded the availability of the feature to the users of the iOS version of its app.

According to the announcement, the Facebook Live Video feature will be rolled out to Android over the next few weeks. The feature will give Android users the ability to login to the native app, and share Facebook live video with their friends or the public.

Announcing the forthcoming availability of the Facebook Live Video feature to Android users, Facebook said that, initially, the feature will be available only to Android users in the US, and will “soon” be extended to users in other countries.

Meanwhile, highlighting the benefits of the Facebook Live Video feature, Vadim Lavrusik and Dave Capra – Facebook’s product manager and engineering manager respectively – said in a news release published on Friday that the feature allows users to share “experiences and perspectives in real time with people who matter to (you).”