Hangouts On Air is used by a variety of Google employees, such as Google Webmaster trends analyst John Mueller, as well as Google+ Users.
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According to the announcement by Google, Google Hangouts on AIR to retire on September 12. The six-step process for using Hangouts On Air from its new home can be found over at VentureBeat. Google started making Hangouts On Air available to all its users in May 2012, and completed the rollout a month later. Google said that video events scheduled to occur after that date should be moved to YouTube’s live-streaming feature.
Use Hangouts to broadcast live. In Facebook, the live stream appears on the person’s newsfeed and shared with friends. Google+ will also continue to have your event content available in read-only format in the Activity Log.
Click Go live now or enter in details to schedule your event for later.
Google provided explicit instruction on how to make the switch, schedule live broadcasts and control who can see the broadcast.
Unlisted – The event isn’t shown publicly but anyone with a link can join. If you need a Q&A feature for your stream, simply ask people to submit questions via a social network. You can share the event with a domain, group, or individual. YouTube Live debuted less than one year later, in May 2013.
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To be clear, Hangouts On Air will still exist in some form, it just won’t be tied to Google+. Other features, like “Showcase” and “Applause” are also being cut. Besides being a die-hard Google+ user, the Google+ version of Hangouts on Air was more interactive with viewers than the YouTube version.
