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instagram has officially gone live the photo sharing app announced its new live feature back in November but only rolled it out to a select number of users now it's available for everyone if you're familiar with other services like Facebook live or periscope the experience should feel very similar swipe right from your feed as if you were to start a new story and then toggle to the new live option on the bottom of your screen to confirm once you're ready to go your followers will immediately receive a notification of your broadcast on their lock screen or they can just tap the story bubble that says live on the app viewers appear on the top left with a comment and reaction icons on the bottom what sets instagrams live videos apart from Facebook and periscope is that once the broadcast has concluded it is no longer available to rewatch so you get one shot 2016 has been a busy year for Instagram they added some snapchat like features including stories and disappearing messages the new live feature further completes this transformation into an all-encompassing social media platform that is perhaps trying to do a little bit too much while some people may like the variety Instagram purists may not be as happy with the constant updates and for more tech news make sure to check out cnet com from San Francisco i'm vanessa hand ariana