Google announced a new feature today that will make your live Q&A on YouTube even more interactive. Previously, YouTube began rolling out the Shorts Player for smart TVs.
YouTube New Feature: live Q&A
Another way for creators and viewers to interact in real time is through live Q&A. This feature is available during live streams and premieres. You can improve the Live Chat Q&A experience even more as a creator by moderating it.
- Live Q&A lets you set up and run live chat Q&A sessions during your streams and premieres (LCR) right from the Live Control Room.
- With live Q&A, it’s easier to build a community if you answer a number of related questions from your viewers.
- This option will appear alongside Live Polls, another great way to communicate with those watching your live stream.
How the live Q&A will work:
- How do I moderate questions? Because live Q&A questions are monitored by the same systems as live chat, blocking words, holding for review, and reporting messages are all valid options.
- Can moderators be assigned to help manage my live Q&A? Moderators cannot control live Q&A questions, but users with Manager or Editor channel rights can. This includes accessing the question list, choosing which questions to answer, and so on.
- How the questions are sorted: The questions that are submitted first are prioritised (in chronological order). The oldest questions will be removed after 200.
Note:
- Mobile users cannot access live Q&A or polls.
- The details of live Q&As are not available in YouTube Analytics. Viewers are limited to one question per minute.
To begin a live Q&A:
- Plan or begin a live stream or premiere.
- Click at the bottom of the chat window, then select “Start a Q&A.
- “Insert the prompt, then click “Begin Q&A.
- “After a Q&A session begins, the Questions List will appear in the chat window.
- To end your live Q&A, click “End Q&A” from the prompt banner at the top of the chat.
When introducing the feature, Jensen of TeamYouTube and YouTube Community Manager stated:
Today we’re introducing a new feature that’s going to make your live streams even more interactive – Live Q&A! Let us know if you have any questions or feedback about Live Q&A will work in the comments below! We’re excited to see you engage with your viewers using this feature!
