Facebook announces three new updates for Facebook Live

During the course of Thursday proceedings at the VidCon event, social network Facebook said that it is rolling out three new massive product updates to its live-streaming platform, Facebook Live.

According to the announcement made by Facebook, the new updates to the Facebook Live service will soon pave the way for two-person remote broadcasts; along with giving users the capability to pre-schedule their streams and create a virtual waiting room for viewers.

In addition, the new Facebook Live updates will also enable users to put MSQRD's face masks while livestreaming. MSQRD is a video filter mobile app which was acquired by Facebook in March. The app is similar to Snapchat's lenses product.

The first upcoming update -- unfolding two-person remote broadcasts -- will allow the streaming of a broadcast with two people in different locations. It will essentially allow users to invite a friend to "drop in" on their broadcast and join the conversation.

The second Facebook Live update related to pre-scheduled broadcasts will allow content creators to pre-schedule the time of their broadcast; thereby enabling Facebook to notify users before the stream begins. The third update, meanwhile, will introduce waiting rooms to Facebook Live, to give viewers the ability to hang out and wait for the commencement of a broadcast.

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