Facebook has introduced live broadcasts that you can watch from any device. With Facebook Live, anyone with a Facebook account and a device with a camera can broadcast to all of their friends and followers. You can find these broadcasts as they happen in your News Feed, and can get notified when your favorite broadcasters start a new show.
1. Find a live video to watch in your News Feed. When people you follow and your friends are streaming live video, you'll see it show up in your News Feed.
2. Check out the Facebook Live Map. Facebook has a map of the world that shows who's broadcasting live right now. Visit facebook.com/livemap in your browser to see who's streaming and jump straight to their video.
2. Check out the Facebook Live Map. Facebook has a map of the world that shows who's broadcasting live right now. Visit facebook.com/livemap in your browser to see who's streaming and jump straight to their video.
- Hover over each blue dot to see a preview of the feed. Larger dots indicate more popular streams. Click a dot to start watching live.
- The Live Map is not currently available on mobile devices.
3. Follow some popular celebrities, companies, and organizations. Facebook Live is in the hands of a lot of influential people and organizations, and you'll come across a lot more live broadcasts if you follow big names.
4. Search for "#live" in the Facebook search field. Your mileage may vary with this search, but this is a popular hashtag for people broadcasting live. You may be able to find people that broadcast regularly so that you can follow them and watch all of their latest broadcasts.- To follow someone, open the Facebook profile page. Tap or click the Like button at the top of the page. This will automatically set you to start following. You'll receive updates on your News Feed whenever they start broadcasting.
