Facebook Live to soon increase streaming hours

NEW YORK: People and Page administrators on Facebook will now be able to broadcast up to four hours of video with Facebook Live -- in both fullscreen and video-only mode.

For now, the Live video broadcasts were limited to two hours when Facebook Live was launched last year.

These options are intended to benefit both the creator and the viewer and are set to be released more broadly in the coming weeks, reports Engadget.

Users will be able to go live in fullscreen, meaning that if you're doing so on an iOS device, it will go full screen in portrait and landscape mode. On Android devices, fullscreen mode is only supported in portrait mode, but Facebook plans to make it available in landscape later this year, the report noted.


The video-only mode allows both broadcasters and viewers who want to focus on the videos to temporarily hide Reactions and comments by swiping right. Users can bring back Reactions and comments by swiping left.

Last month, Facebook started testing its offline video feature in India via the Facebook version 85 and 86 (beta) for Android. The feature for now, lets users save videos in the 'Saved' section inside the app itself. This can be done by tapping on the 'Save video' option from the drop down menu in the particular post. Presently, users can save article and video links on Facebook that don't work in case the user is offline.