Facebook Live will be available as audio-only option for non-Facebook users

Facebook is seeing major spikes in user activity on its products and features. The latest comes from Facebook Live where there has been a 50% increase among users in the US. In light of the current pandemic, Facebook Live will be getting new features making it more accessible to users globally.

Fidji Simo, head of the Facebook app company’s plans on introducing new Facebook Live features. Possibly the most important feature is allowing users to access Facebook Live sessions even without a Facebook account. For this, Facebook is introducing an audio-only option for live broadcasts. This is applicable for Facebook users as well who can watch the live broadcasts while they’re logged out of Facebook.

To do this, Facebook will provide a toll-free dial-in option which people can use to catch any live broadcast. The social media giant will also provide automatic closed captions on these live broadcasts.