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Facebook's celebrity-only Mentions app adds live video chat

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/facebook-has-iphone-app-thats-just-famous-people-launch-live-video-chats' title="Facebook's celebrity-only Mentions app adds live video chat"><img src='(http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/08/facebook-mentions-live-video.jpg)?itok=GPQnPklN' />[/url]</p> <p>If you are one of the elite few Facebook (http://www.imore.com/facebook-iphone-ipad) users that is famous enough to use the Facebook Mentions app (http://www.imore.com/facebook-mentions-now-available) for the iPhone, you can now use it to launch live online video chats with your Facebook audience.</p> <!--break--> <p>Yes, that means celebrities have their own online video service that's similar to Meerkat (http://www.imore.com/meerkat-adds-gopro-support-streaming-your-latest-extreme-adventure) and Periscope (http://www.imore.com/periscope-twitters-app-live-streaming-your-iphone-now-available), except that it targets Facebook audiences. If that happens to be you, here's what Facebook says you can do with this new feature:</p>

<ul><li>Grow and engage your fan base - Whether you have an established fan base or want to build up your audience, Live is a new way for you to connect authentically with your fans in the moment. When you start a Live video, it will appear in News Feed for your fans to comment, like and share with their friends. People who have recently interacted with your posts will also receive a notification when you start your broadcast.</li> <li>Interact directly with fans and other public figures, in real time - During your broadcast, you'll see the number of viewers and a real time stream of comments from people tuning in. You can respond to comments live during the broadcast, or choose to hide comments.</li> <li>Keep your video for fans to view later - After your broadcast has ended, your video will be published to your Page so that fans who missed it can watch at a later time. If you'd rather not keep the video, you can also remove it from your Page at any time.</li> </ul>

<p>Facebook says this new feature will be used in the coming days by people like m Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Serena Williams, Luke Bryan, Ricardo Kaka, Ashley Tisdale, Lester Holt, Martha Stewart, Michael Bublé and others.</p> <ul><li>Free (for verified Facebook users) - <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/id894913642?at=10l3Vy&amp;ct=d_im" title="" class="cta" rel="nofollow">Download now[/url]</li> </ul><p>Source: Facebook (http://media.fb.com/2015/08/05/introducing-live-for-facebook-mentions/)</p> </div></div></div><br clear='all'/>

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