Instagram Announces ‘Live Rooms’ With Up To 4 Participants

Instagram is upping its IG Live function today by allowing users to invite up to three people to join a Live broadcast. Via Mashable:

Called Live Rooms, the feature ups the number of accounts that can join an IG Live from two to four. So it’s kind of like Zoom, but publicly viewable and restricted to four participants.

“We hope that doubling up on Live will open up more creative opportunities — start a talk show, host a jam session or co-create with other artists, host more engaging Q&As or tutorials with your following, or just hang out with more of your friends,” said Instagram in their blog post.

Starting a Live Room is much the same as starting a Live — simply swipe left, add a title, then tap the Rooms icons to add other users.

Live Rooms has entered that chat 👀

Today we’re rolling out a way for you + three other people to go Live together and do your thing 🗣🤩 💥https://t.co/PiTilGv2Ag pic.twitter.com/l2OKvCBJh4 — Instagram (@instagram) March 1, 2021