YouTube Launches Live Streaming Feature Together with Instagram

YouTube launched a live streaming feature together (photo: YouTube)

JAKARTA - YouTube is starting to roll out a new feature that has been teased since last year, called Go Live Together. This feature allows content creators to co-host live streams.

By its policy, anyone with more than 50 subscribers can invite their guests to co-live stream from iOS and Android mobile devices.

In this feature, you're only allowed to invite one guest per broadcast, but hosts can trade in new guests during the same live stream.

There is no minimum number of subscribers for guests, anyone with a YouTube channel can join as a guest. But as a host, you should be held responsible if your guest violates any community guidelines.

Hosts can also earn revenue in the form of ad impressions, which can appear in the form of pre-rolls, mid-rolls and post-rolls during Go Live Together and will be attributed to the organizer's channel.

Hosting a live stream with guests

1. From your phone, open the YouTube app
2. From the bottom, tap Create + Live Together
3. Enter live stream details, including title, description, monetization settings, thumbnails, and visibility settings.
4. Tap Done
5. Under 'Invite co-streamer', to invite guests, select Copy link and Send invite link to co-streamer
6. Your guests will click the link and be directed to the waiting area
7. When ready, tap LIVE STREAMING
8. When a co-streamer joins the waiting room, you'll see a prompt. Select Add, then Live stream to start your live stream

Joining a live stream as a guest

You can live stream with other creators if invited. Through Go Live Together, you'll be able to connect with new viewers on YouTube.

1. Tap the invite link sent by the hosting live streamer from your mobile device
2. Select the channel that sent you a shared live stream invite
3. Select Join when prompted to join the waiting room
4. While you're waiting, check your audio and video quality
5. When you see "You're live" you're live streaming together on YouTube.