From the Facebook app:

1. Navigate to the Page, group, profile or event where you want to publish your live stream.

2. Tap the Live button at the bottom of the post composer.

3. Add a description to your video. You can also tag friends, check in to a location and add a feeling or activity.

4. Tap Start Live Video.

5. Tap Finish when you want to end your broadcast.

Take advantage of live broadcasting

Find more information on Live Streaming Best Practices here.

From the Creator Studio app:

1. Open the Creator Studio app

2. Click the pen and paper icon in the top right corner of the Home or Posts tab

3. Select the "Live" post option.

4. Add a description to your video. You can also tag friends, check in to a location and add a feeling or activity.

5. Tap Start Live Video.

6. Tap Finish when you want to end your broadcast.

With live polls, effortlessly build polls before a broadcast begins and share them to fans during the broadcast. Receive real-time feedback from your audience on important topics and understand what they'd like to see next.

With featured links, share multiple third party links to sites you care about during your live broadcast.

With Live in Stories, you can share your live broadcasts directly to Facebook Stories as another way to maximise the reach of your content with your audience.

With live comment moderation, you can manage the conversation around your content. You can also designate a specific viewer to moderate comments on your behalf. Learn more here.

Front row highlights your top fans in a special section of your live broadcast. Front row gives you a chance to see who your most loyal fans are so you can give them a shout out during your live.

Badges help you understand how much your fans are engaging with your content and help your fans feel valued. Fans can earn different badges a number of ways, including sending Stars and tuning into live broadcasts.

Use a streaming software

With Live Producer, you have the option to go live using a camera and streaming software, also referred to as encoding software or an encoder. The encoder that's best for you may depend on the type of content that you plan to stream. There are several programmes to choose from, including free open-source software. Learn more about encoding software options and going live with streaming software.

Use Live Producer

Once you have your encoding software and camera installed, you are ready to go live using Live Producer.

Learn more about going live

Learn more about how to use Live Producer here. If you're planning a larger virtual event or show, we also recommend taking a look at this advanced Facebook Live guide.

How to raise money for a cause

Qualified Pages can add a donate button to their live videos by using the Facebook app on mobile or Live Producer on a computer.

This allows you to raise money during a live video for a non-profit or charitable organisation, including your own. Non-profits using Facebook’s payment platform to process donations pay no fee — 100% of the donations go to the charity.

*Donations are not available in all markets; check whether fundraising is available in your country or region.

Learn how to add a Donate button to a mobile broadcast.

Live With

Live With is a co-broadcasting feature that lets you invite multiple guests into your mobile live broadcast. Live With provides a streamlined experience for going live that makes it easy to invite guests and create different types of live broadcasts.

As the host, you can select multiple guests to go live with during a mobile broadcast from your Page or profile (Live With is not available on desktop or in Live Producer at this time).

Broadcasting to Facebook Live from Messenger Rooms

This Messenger Rooms feature allows you to turn your room into a co-hosted Facebook Live. You can easily go live with up to fifty people to a Facebook profile, Page or group that you manage.

Whether you are hosting a book club, interviewing a panel of experts, teaching a fitness class or broadcasting with your friends for fun, going live from a room makes it easy to have more interactive broadcasts with audiences of any size.

Online events

To support creators, small businesses and other media partners, Facebook offers the option to host an online or paid online* event with Messenger Rooms, Facebook Live or other video chatting platforms.

Depending on where you decide to host your event, online and paid online events* allow you to limit content distribution to those who have registered to attend for free or purchased admission, respectively. You can learn more about online events here, as well as explore these lessons for more information on planning and producing an online event on Facebook.

To make it easier to discover and join these online events, we have also redesigned the Events bookmark. From here, your audience can quickly find events happening now, as well as discover those based on their interests, allowing them to stay connected with you and other events they care about.

*Paid online events are available to a selected group of partners at this time. You can learn more here.