Facebook is clearly aiming for more immersive experiences on its video streaming platform Facebook Live, with broadcasts now available in full-screen and with Reactions and comments tucked away.
While full-screen feeds can be enjoyed in both portrait and landscape orientations on iOS, they remain limited to portrait on Android… for now. The social media site has told SocialTimes that landscape full-screen broadcasting will arrive on Google’s mobile platform later this summer.
Facebook also detailed the new video-only mode, which enables broadcasters and viewers to conceal Reactions and comments on a Facebook Live video by swiping right. Those Reactions and comments can then be brought back with a left swipe.
On top of all of that, the maximum length of streaming sessions through both the company’s main apps and the Facebook Live API has just been extended to four hours. Facebook might be facing tough competition from Twitter-owned Periscope in the live video space, but it’s evidently holding its own.
