{"id":341394,"date":"2017-05-19T01:56:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T17:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1493121"},"modified":"2017-05-19T01:56:54","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T17:56:54","slug":"no-youtubes-mobile-live-streaming-is-not-yet-open-to-all-but-its-very-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/no-youtubes-mobile-live-streaming-is-not-yet-open-to-all-but-its-very-close\/","title":{"rendered":"No, YouTube\u2019s mobile live streaming is not yet open to all \u2013 but it\u2019s very close"},"content":{"rendered":"

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YouTube appears to be\u00a0further opening up mobile live streaming by dropping requirements on subscriber counts in order to\u00a0gain access to the feature, according to reports out today. Google, however, has disputed claims saying the new functionality is now available to all users, instead stating that only a subset of YouTube\u2019s\u00a0users have access for the time being. That said, mobile live streaming\u2019s\u00a0launch to all YouTube users appears imminent: the company has just\u00a0renamed its mobile app on iOS<\/a> from \u201cYouTube \u2013 Watch, Upload and Share Videos\u201d to \u201cYouTube \u2013 Watch Videos, Music, and Live Clips<\/em>.\u201d (Emphasis ours).<\/p>\n

The company has been slowly rolling out access to mobile live streaming for many months now. The feature allows users to \u201cgo live\u201d from their smartphones in order to stream directly to their YouTube channel.<\/p>\n

A report from Android Police<\/a>\u00a0had indicated that mobile live streaming was open to all users, as it appeared that Google had dropped the requirement that video creators have a certain number of subscribers in order to access the feature.<\/p>\n

Initially, the feature was open to those who had 10,000 channel subscribers or more \u2013 making it accessible only to YouTube\u2019s bigger content creators. Then, in April<\/a>, the company quietly dropped that down to just 1,000 subscribers as it continued the gradual expansion of the service.<\/p>\n

That requirement is still officially in place, according to Google\u2019s support page<\/a>, which is why Google is not yet announcing the feature\u2019s public launch. However, we understand from people familiar with the matter that it has been dropped for some users at this time.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Android Police\u2019s\u00a0tests, some\u00a0were seeing the option to go live, despite not having 1,000 subscribers \u2013 confirming that some YouTube users are newly gaining access to the feature. Now, when some YouTube users\u00a0hit the record button in the app, they\u2019re\u00a0presented with two options \u2013 one to record a video as usual, and another to \u201cGo Live.\u201d \u00a0The site also noted\u00a0that \u00a0users will need to have a verified account with YouTube to gain access to the feature.<\/p>\n

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Google had not made a formal announcement about the launch, which seemed odd given that the company is in the middle of its I\/O developer conference this week where it\u2019s releasing a ton of news.<\/p>\n

Apparently, that\u2019s because the mobile live streaming functionality hasn\u2019t quite reached the entire subscriber base, as implied by the initial reports. A YouTube spokesperson confirmed this, saying\u00a0that mobile live streaming is still only open\u00a0select YouTube users at this time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been experimenting and expanding mobile live streaming for almost a year now,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cHowever, it is still only available to a relatively small subset of users.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boooo.<\/p>\n

That said, with the rebranded app on iOS and Android Police\u2019s report that some streamers with fewer than the previously\u00a0required 1,000 subscribers can access\u00a0the feature, it seems to indicate that the broad rollout is just around the corner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\" YouTube appears to be\u00a0further opening up mobile live streaming by dropping requirements on subscriber counts in order to\u00a0gain access to the feature, according to reports out today. Google, however, has disputed claims saying the new functionality is now available to all users, instead stating that only a subset of YouTube’s\u00a0users have access for the time being. That said, mobile… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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