What is Instagram Live Streaming?
Instagram launches new feature that allows you to live-stream together with a friend.
18:53 24 November 2017
Less than a year since Instagram launched its live-streaming service to users around the globe, the company is now offering a new feature that allows users to live-stream together with a friend. Users can invite a friend to live-stream with them, side by side, as if they are in the same room.
The company has outlined the details of the update in an official blog post. To use the new feature, the user must start a solo live-stream first. They can then invite someone from their audience to stream with them with just a couple of taps on the screen. If they accept, the screen will divide in half. Other audience members will then be able to watch both live streams simultaneously.
The feature could prove to be popular for users who want to conduct a live interview with a high-profile subject or to draw attention to a featured photographer beyond a standard instagram post.