{"id":5101,"date":"2017-10-25T19:11:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T19:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/?p=5101"},"modified":"2017-10-25T19:11:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T19:11:06","slug":"now-go-live-friend-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/2017\/10\/25\/now-go-live-friend-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"Now go live with a friend on Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After several weeks of testing, Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has rolled out a new feature which enables users to broadcast simultaneously with a friend.<!--more-->\u201cStarting today, we are introducing a fun way to go live with a friend. Now, you can hang out and go live together, whether you\u2019re just doing homework or catching up on your day,\u201d Instagram said in a blog post on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>To use the new feature, users need to tap the new icon on the bottom right and tap \u201cAdd\u201d to invite anyone who\u2019s currently watching.<\/p>\n<p>Once they join, \u201cyou\u2019ll see the screen split into two and your friend pop up right below you\u201d, Instagram said.<\/p>\n<p>Users can also remove their guest and add someone else at any time. They can also choose to exit on their own.<\/p>\n<p>When someone you follow is going live with a friend, you will see two circles stacked together in your stories bar.<\/p>\n<p>You can tap on it to watch and like and comment as you follow along, the blog added.<\/p>\n<p>After Instagram introduced live video last November, millions of people have used it to connect with friends and followers in an authentic way.<\/p>\n<p>These updates are available as part of Instagram version 20 on App Store and for Android in Google Play.<br \/>\n<strong>IANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picture courtesy: Alamy Image<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After several weeks of testing, Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has rolled out a new feature which enables users to broadcast simultaneously with a friend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31,89],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5103,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101\/revisions\/5103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}