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    YouTube updates live streaming, adds new features

    YouTube updates live streaming, adds new features

    By Bhavika Bhuwalka
    Feb 27, 2018
    06:03 pm

    What's the story

    YouTube has announced a slew of updates to its live streaming feature for both creators and viewers.

    These additions include the ability to replay a live chat after it has ended and automatic captioning for live streams.

    The features aim to improve the overall experience of YouTube Live videos. Here is more on them.

    Automatic Captioning

    The live captioning feature might not be 100% accurate

    Getting automatic captions on live videos in real-time is a complex task which is why YouTube forewarns the users that they might not always be a 100% accurate.

    The feature has been added by leveraging YouTube's live automatic speech recognition (LASR) technology.

    It will help users keep up with a live stream in an event when professionally provided captions aren't available.

    Information

    Automatic captions were first launched on YouTube in 2009

    According to YouTube, the error rates of LASR-powered captions will be close to industry standards, and even after launch, they will keep getting improved. Notably, automatic captions were first launched on YouTube in 2009, and today, these are available on around a billion videos.

    Location Tags

    Creators can add location to YouTube live streams

    Further, content creators can now also add a location tag to live streams and video uploads being done through mobile phones.

    This will help curate videos by location and when clicked upon, users will be able to browse through other videos recorded at the same location.

    To that end, YouTube is also adding a location filter on its search results page.

    Competition

    All other live video platforms support location tags

    The feature doesn't come as surprise as all other popular live streaming platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter's Periscope allow users to add locations to their live streams.

    Lastly, the option to play back a live chat has been added so that latecomers can still feel like they are watching the live stream even after the video has ended.

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