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soon you'll be able to livestream from the YouTube app YouTube announced he will bring live streaming right to its mobile app this isn't like Twitter we need a second air you have to handle the streaming they'll all be baked into one single app YouTube released a few screenshots of what live streaming on the YouTube app will look like you can choose to make the stream public or not if you want to stream without chat you can do that there's also the option to notify your subscribers when your life the interface is visually similar to periscope with a full-screen video of whatever your streaming comment appears bubbles as new comments come in older comments fade away the company touts YouTube's peerless infrastructure it says it'll be faster and more reliable than anything out there that sounds like a shot at Facebook and periscope YouTube began offering live streaming in 2011 so it has years more experience than those other guys live streaming from the YouTube app we'll start with a select few partners like The Young Turks AIB and Alex wasabi at VidCon if you're unfamiliar with VidCon its tagline is it is for people who love online video it caters to content creators viewers and industry reps so when can everybody livestream from the YouTube app the company says a wide rollout will happen soon not to be outdone by YouTube Facebook and now some new features for Facebook live videos if you're streaming you'll be able to bring in other people to your live stream kind of like a Skype call Facebook will also add waiting rooms where people can wait for a video to start live videos will soon gain the ability to be scheduled and when you go alive you'll have a new option video filters like snapchat so if you've ever wanted to broadcast as a panda your dreams are coming true that's it for this tech news update I'm Aya's actor you can stay on top of the biggest stories at cnet.com slash