YouTube has previewed some coming updates for YouTube Live, including live stream guests, new notifiers for when a channel is broadcasting in the app, and updated viewing options.

Commencement off, on live guests – similar to other alive options, YouTube volition shortly launch a airplane pilot of what information technology's calling ' Go Alive Together', which will enable creators to invite a guest to their live stream by but sending a link.

YouTube Live guests

Equally explained past YouTube:

"The host creator will be able to create a live stream, invite and screen their guests before going live to their viewers. Note that the invitee channel and user information will remain subconscious during the alive stream."

Hosts will also be able to see streaming analytics, as you would with any other alive stream, but guests will not have admission to this data, at least at this stage.

The added capacity to go live with a guest tin can reduce the force per unit area on a solo creator – considering going live when information technology'southward but you lot talking to your camera tin be intimidating. Calculation the capacity to invite others will help to become more than people streaming, which could and so atomic number 82 to more creators monetizing their content through YouTube's evolving ad tools.

YouTube'southward as well adding new 'live rings' which volition help viewers identify when a channel is going live.

YouTube Live rings

As you tin see in these examples, the new 'Live' ring is much like Instagram, providing a specific identifier when a aqueduct is alive, so y'all can tap through to view the stream.

YouTube's also looking to add a new feature chosen 'cantankerous aqueduct live redirects'.

"Today, creators with at to the lowest degree a thousand subscribers can use a feature called live redirect to direct their viewers from a live stream or premier to another livestream or premier on their own channel. But they can't send their viewers to a livestream or premier hosted on another channel. With this launch, creators with at least a thousand subscribers and no active community guidelines strikes will be able to straight their viewers to a livestream or premier hosted on a dissimilar aqueduct."

That adds more capacity for collaborative promotion in the app, and could become a valuable tool for influencer partnerships.

In addition to this, YouTube's likewise working on full-screen more for Live, while it'south also developing a new Q and A feature, which will enable viewers to submit questions during a live stream based on the creator'due south question prompt.

YouTube full screen live

As it works to build out its broader content offering, and provide more avenues for creators to aggrandize and monetize their presence, Live offers some other means to connect and engage with fans, which could exist a valuable lure for YouTube in swaying stars abroad from other apps.

These new tools are largely in line with features we've already seen in other live stream offerings, but they could arguably exist even more beneficial on YouTube, and it'll exist interesting to see how creators answer to the additions as they become more widely available.

Get Live Together and Alive Rings volition get live in the adjacent couple of weeks, while the other features are coming soon.