We’ve described how to do so in How to Stream on YouTube, and the processes are very similar on most of the other platforms. While you can livestream to these platforms without special software, the results are very basic and underwhelming. Before long there was a demand for live streaming, and new specialist platforms, such as Twitch popped up, and again existing social apps, like YouTube and Facebook, added live streaming. As bandwidth improved and viewer expectations heightened other video platforms were invented, for example, TikTok and Vimeo, and existing social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram added video to their capabilities. However, initially, all YouTube videos were recorded and uploaded for later playback. Anybody could make a video and share their creation with the world. Our partners cannot pay us to guarantee favorable reviews of their products or services.

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