View live broadcasts on Instagram

Option 1: Mobile device

There are several ways to view live streams on Instagram from your phone, which boil down to fresh airs or posted as individual videos. In the second case, the social network establishes special marks, which help in part to search for recordings in the author's library.

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Method 1: Notification of start of broadcast

The easiest way to navigate to a newly started and still active broadcast comes down to the notification available with both the main Instagram client and another related app, IGTV. To get the job done, widen the curtain on your device by sliding down and find a notification that mentions live streaming, as seen in the screenshot provided as an example.

Keep in mind that these alerts do not arrive immediately, there may be a delay of more than a minute after the start of the live broadcast, and if you have notifications turned off, there may be no alerts. When using IGTV, it will first open and navigate to the corresponding application and only then will the broadcast be shown on the screen.

Method 2: Open the live stream from the feed

You can also go to the active broadcast through the official client of the social network by clicking on the "Live broadcast".displayed around a photo of a particular . This indicator is available in two places at the same time: on the main page of the application in the feed with the stories and on the page of the person who participates in the broadcast.

No additional action is required to open the recording, as you will immediately become a viewer. Among other things, note that the live stream icon tends to display slightly more than the broadcast, so it is not always an indication of relevance.

Method 3: Broadcast Library

Unlike the official Instagram client, which lacks a general feed of actual broadcasts, a similar one has been implemented and is available for use in the aforementioned independent IGTV app. In this case, when preparing the recommendations, information about your interests, actions and location is used, so there is a high probability that you will like the content offered.

1. 1. Deploy the specified program and after logging in via the bottom , go to the tab with the com icon. Here a separate block will be shown highlighted by the icon at the beginning "Live broadcast"..

1. 1. Swipe left or right to navigate the feed. However, you can see the full list of broadcasts by clicking "Everything". in the upper right corner of the screen.
   2. The opening of any of the broadcasts is done in the same way as with the official application, with a single tap on a preview of the recording. During viewing, depending on the settings set by the author of the broadcast, various tools will be available, including a text box to send messages, a heart to give a "like" and a block to send a guest request.

If necessary, you can touch the airplane icon to share the broadcast link with other s. In addition to all this, by touching the title of the broadcast in the upper left corner of the screen, you can see information about it, consisting of links to the pages of the participants and the states of the s.

Method 4: Recordings of live broadcasts on IGTV

Many Instagram s save recordings of live broadcasts in the IGTV video section, allowing them to be viewed as regular posts. However, unlike the PC, where this section is also available, the mobile application automatically tags each of these videos.

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1. 1. While in the app, navigate to the page of the whose broadcast recordings interest you and use the menu below to open the tab with the IGTV icon. When searching, the relatively precise difference of the broadcasts is the fewest number of views compared to the other videos of the author.
   2. To navigate to the video player, just touch the desired block on the screen. After that, immediately pay attention to the top , where in addition to the name you should see the legend "Live recording"..

In this case, the live chat will be replaced by the usual video comment section, and the guest information block will not be available at all. But despite this, you can give likes and share with your friends.

Option 2: Website

On a computer, browsing through the airs of Instagram is fully accessible in a similar way to that of a smartphone, but with some limitations in of participation. To do this, simply go to the website's home page and tap on the profile photo in the stories feed, highlighted by the icon "Live broadcast"..

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Unfortunately, the site doesn't have a separate broadcast feed like the IGTV app, and therefore you can't see recommendations regardless of your subscriptions. At the same time, the recordings of the broadcasts can also be viewed through the video section of the page, although without visible differences from other publications.

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