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Live streaming is a massive part of YouTube, and that’s because of the @youtubecreators who build incredible communities on our platform. We’re rolling out some major updates to YouTube Live to improve the experience and help creators make more money: ↔️We're expanding Gifts to horizontal live streams on mobile (in addition to vertical), so you can unlock new earning opportunities and real-time interaction across all stream formats. 🌐We’re bringing Gifts to more creators and viewers worldwide. They're now rolling out in 🇨🇦🇰🇷🇮🇩🇹🇭🇦🇺🇳🇿 and more, giving you the ability to monetize a much larger audience. 🤝You can now stream in both vertical and horizontal formats at the same time. This maximizes your reach across different devices while uniting your audience in a single, shared live chat. ✋To keep the momentum going on your streams, we’ll now automatically recognize when live chat engagement is at its peak and hold back ads for everyone.