In a bid to make it easy for developers to create YouTube
live-streaming or video broadcasting features to their Android apps,
Google has launched the YouTube WatchMe for Android project, which
essentially provides a template for developers to build on or integrate.
Google, with the introduction of the YouTube WatchMe for Android toolkit is aiming for lots more
third-party app developers to integrate the feature in their mobile and
tablet apps. The project, available on GitHub, includes a reference app
featuring a simple interface for users to start and end broadcasting
live content online with a press of a button.
The YouTube WatchMe
for Android project essentially gives developers focused access to
different different APIs such as YouTube Data API v3, YouTube Live
Streaming API, Google Play Services and Plus API for live-streaming
content, says the YouTube API blog post. The particular toolkit can be
applied to video sharing apps, event-focused apps or whatever else the
developer can think of.
Notably, the Mountain View-based firm
already offers live video streaming feature for event creators using
custom encoders. Live streaming is also available in Google Hangouts
feature. "YouTube WatchMe brings your app the same live broadcasting
capabilities that you've seen in great apps like Live on YouTube - by
Xperia and Re - by HTC," adds the post.
Earlier
this month, Google announced
that it would be shutting down its music discovery service, YouTube Disco, which was first introduced
in 2010, by the end of this month.
The service was aimed at
showing users a variety of audio tracks from the artist searched for on
the page's search bar. Users could also search for songs, and see other
songs by the same artist. The YouTube Disco service would then also show
users the related audio tracks or select mixes of related music or
related artists. It also let users play 'top hits'.
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