Facebook has been gunning for YouTube ’s plowshare of television aspect for some time now , but it did n’t seem clear how the social meshing would pull that off . Sure , people station video that show up in your News Feed , but YouTube is contrive to easy find the videos that multitude post . Facebook is not . Until now .
The meshing sound out Tuesday that it is screen a dedicated tablet in the Facebook app for iOS and on the entanglement that would feature nothing but videos . This separate video feed would be home to video recording that you save to keep an eye on afterward with a new save clitoris that Facebook is also test , as well as videos from your friends , pages you espouse , and clips that Facebook suggests to you .
Those suggested videos are also new . When you watch a video in your News Feed , Facebook will now surface other relevant videos to watch immediately following it .
“ While we ’re still in the early twenty-four hour period of examination , we ’re pleased with initial results , which show that the great unwashed who have suggested videos are discovering and watching more new television , ” Facebook product chief Will Cathcart say in aTuesday blog Charles William Post . “ We ’ve now rolled out intimate videos to most the great unwashed on iPhone globally , and are get down to examine ads within the experience . ”
These tardy video recording efforts for iPhone users pursue the rollout oflivestreamed videos from celebritiesand other VIPs on the web and 360 - degree videos , a more immersive experience which will become more important when Oculus Rift ship .
Facebook has been investing heavily in video for year now . Its YouTube aspirations might be close to reality with these features than ever before .
