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Facebook & Instagram Updates for March 31

Facebook and Instagram updates for March 31st

Facebook Updates

Go Live from your computer

Now Facebook lets desktop users broadcast live video from their computers. Just click “Live Video” from the top of your business page or personal profile newsfeed or timeline and broadcast! Broadcast to your page, a Facebook group you belong to or a Facebook event.
Use OpenBroadcaster Software, Wirecast or XSplit in conjunction with Facebook live and broadcast your computer screen, insert graphics, change cameras or use professional equipment!

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For marketing your business, this is gold! Your desktop camera is steady, so no more wobbly broadcasts.  Facebook live a “how to” via screen share or even your next product launch live.
What’s next? … think Facebook TV. This is definitely the first step to live shows on Facebook.

Facebook just launched it’s very own Snapchat!

Facebook & Instagram Updates for March 31

This update rolled out Tuesday and includes a redesigned in-app camera, a new feed of stories at the top of the News Feed and a private messaging feature called Direct. These 3 features are big changes to the core Facebook.

As people change from text to photos and video as their preferred content type, Facebook had to change the way they allow people to interact with one another. Now you can decorate your posts with text, drawings, stickers and animated filters.

Share your story directly with friends or post on in your timeline. Your post will appear in a horizontally-scrolling feed of stories that’s now at the top of the Facebook app.

Facebook & Instagram Updates for March 31

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Facebook stories are gone after 24 hours, so you have to be fast to take advantage of them. Movies like Power Rangers, Wonder Woman, and Guardians of the Galaxy are getting a boost of pre-opening excitement by creating masks for users. And artists are creating visual effects for users.

Use Facebook stories for product launches and trade shows, go backstage at one-of-a-kind events or take viewers behind the scenes at your business or party.

Live Location in Messenger

This is a super helpful app when you’re coordinating friends and family for dinner or a show. Just share your location and they can find you. Share with a group or just one person. The location and map is only visible for 60 minutes. You can see an estimate of how long it will take you to reach the location. Stop sharing at any time.

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No more missed meetings because you went to the wrong Starbucks. Share your location on a map in real time and talk to your friend or colleague in Messenger. You have complete control of when and how much people see.

Instagram Updates

Save Instagram Live Video to your phone

Just like it sounds, now you can save your Instagram Live Video to your phone. This doesn’t save the comments, just the video.

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Now you can use your successful videos in other places like blog posts and YouTube. Create content once and use multiple times.

Wow! Lots happening! Stay tuned to keep up.

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