Google is creating a live-streaming app for YouTube, and they’ve been keeping it under wraps. The new app, YouTube Connect, will be competing with Twitter’s Periscope and Facebook Live, and will reportedly closely model their capabilities with chat and tagging features, as well as “newsfeed” with the latest clips. Live-streaming feels like a natural fit for YouTube, “[g]iving content creators the ability to interact with their fans in real time. Google is also attempting to revitalize YouTube’s position within the video market, as Facebook and Snapchat boast rising video-viewership numbers. (VentureBeat)
