The app itself: Launching on Android (with iOS soon to come) will get you a few setup screens, asking you to choose your preferred language(s), which games you’d like to follow, and a list of Facebook-affiliated gaming streamers that you can curate. Once on the main screen, you can Go Live with your own gaming on Facebook, reducing the friction for users to add more content for others to consume. You can see the list of games and streamers you follow, along with game-related groups you’re a member of. There’s also an odd activity feed that seems imperfectly connected to gaming content (there were completely non-gaming posts from some friends in our feed). Facebook says: “Investing in gaming in general has become a priority for us because we see gaming as a form of entertainment that really connects people,” Facebook’s Fidji Simo told the Times. “It’s entertainment that’s not just a form of passive consumption, but entertainment that is interactive and brings people together.” She also added that the company has been seeing a big rise in gaming during quarantine, which prompted Facebook to move faster on this and other gaming projects. Bottom line: Android gamers wanting to get in on the action can head to Google Play to download the app; iOS users will have to wait, but it’s likely it won’t be too long.

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