Become a video star on the Internet
BIGO LIVE is a social platform created for all those users that want to become Internet stars. Once you download BIGO LIVE for PC you can broadcast everything that happens in your life, connect with friends and fans, to your favorite streamers... it's basically a video streaming app with over 200 million users all over the world.
Connect to hundreds of millions of streamers in the world
BIGO TV is available on both iPhone and Android, and thanks to this application that we're introducing to you today, now also on Windows computers. From your desktop, you'll be able to broadcast and connect with any of its millions of users. These are the main features offered by this application that's has become a real hit in Asia, and now gradually landing in other countries, and that's used by all sorts of people, ranging from influencers to gamers:
- Take part in the video chat room with loads of guests.
- Live stream anything you fancy.
- Explore all the live broadcasts happening at that moment.
- Find nearby users.
- Stream your video game sessions just like on Twitch.
- Chat and interact with other users in real time.
- Invite your friends to sign up and take part.
- Swap your gifts for money.
Two main categories for contents
The contents are sorted into two main categories that users can explore whenever and however they want once they download BIGO LIVE for PC:
- Game Live: here we can find video games broadcast live via streaming. We'll find gameplay videos and walkthroughs of all sorts of games, including the latest hits of the likes of PUBG, Overwatch or Fortnite.
- Showbiz: the section for broadcasters and influencers in general. In other words, the BIGO version for youtubers.
The contents can be checked on a global scale or by means of tags and categories. In fact, we can filter videos with a common origin by means of tags that have to do with the country of the broadcasters. We can also explore the trendiest live videos at that very precise moment, whether belonging to the Showbiz or the Game Live category.
And despite its wide range of contents, it doesn't intend to compete with YouTube since the contents shared on BIGO has a much greater social component that makes it more similar to the uprising and highly successful TikTok, as well as Twitch due to the huge amount of gameplay videos with can find and watch on this platform.
What's new in the latest version
- New family chat groups.
- New private audio functions.
Requirements and additional information:
- Minimum operating system requirements: Windows 8.
With a degree in History, and later, in Documentation, I have over a decade of experience testing and writing about apps: reviews, guides, articles, news, tricks, and more. They have been countless, especially on Android, an operating system...
Antony Peel