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How to go live on Twitter to stream audio or video content with your followers in real time

Written by Steven John
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It's easy to go live on Twitter and share content with your followers in real time. Leon Neal/Getty Images
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Going live on Twitter means sharing audio or video content in real time that will then be available for later replay as well. 

It takes your connection to your followers up a notch not only because live content is more exciting than a few static sentences, but also because followers can comment on your feed in real time and can even join in live via audio.

Here's how to go live on Twitter on your iPhone or Android device. 

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How to go live on Twitter

Before you can go live, you will need to grant the Twitter app permission to access your camera and microphone, which the app will prompt you to do.

1. Sign into your Twitter and open a new Tweet. 

2. Add in any text you would like to include with the video stream. 

3. Tap the camera icon below the text field. 

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Tap the camera icon at the left.  Steven John/Business Insider

4. Tap the word "LIVE" and then hit "Go LIVE" to begin streaming video to your followers.

  • To stream audio alone, disabling the camera's video display, tap the microphone icon prior to tapping "Go LIVE." 
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Tap "Go LIVE" to start livestreaming.  Steven John/Business Insider

To end your live session on Twitter, tap the red X and then tapping "Stop broadcast" to confirm.

 

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Steven John
Steven John has been a freelance writer for more than a dozen years and has been a regular contributor to Business Insider since 2017. His work includes a focus on the tech world, covering companies including Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Google, and others. He also reviews restaurants, shares how-to cooking articles, and writes general interest pieces.Steven also writes for publications including Architectural Digest, The Daily Beast, Forbes, and more. In the past, he also wrote for New York Magazine, Mashed, U.S. News & World Report and other outlets. He runs his own outdoor lifestyle site, Dad Gear Review, and co-hosts the Fact Trekkers podcast with his son. He has had two novels published, Three A.M. and Outrider. He graduated from Emerson College with a degree in communications focused on filmmaking.He is an avid outdoorsman and can be frequently found in a kayak or on a mountain trail, often with his family along for the adventure.Expertise:Tech industryTech hardwareOutdoorsCookingRestaurantsDIYPopular articles:Microsoft: A history of the software giant co-founded by Bill Gates, its products and services, jobs, layoffs, and moreYouTube is a major entertainment force. Here's the platform's history, plus how to create a channel and upload videos.Inside the life and career of Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, billionaire, and philanthropistTim Cook net worth: How the Apple leader earns and spends his moneyBecoming an Amazon seller is a simple process. Here's what's involved, plus how you make money and get paid.