Instagram's Live Rooms allows up to four people at once to go live

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Instagram is launching a new live streaming feature called Live Rooms. It will let four people at once on a live broadcast, which was previously only limited to two. According to the Facebook-owned company, it hopes the feature will encourage users to do things like start a talk show or podcast, collaborate with others, or hold "jam sessions."

Having more people on an Instagram Live can potentially grow its audience as the participants' followers can see if the Live is streaming. But The Verge pointed out that anyone blocked by the active participants won't be able to join the Live Rooms.

It's easy to say that this is Instagram's answer to Clubhouse, the social audio app that lets different people go live in rooms with more than 10 people capable of speaking at once and up to 8,000 people listening in. But this feature could draw those who can't access Clubhouse right now since it's invite-only and exclusive to iOS at the moment.

But with Instagram Live, the users will need to be on camera, which means you still have to look good or at least presentable in these sessions. If you are looking for that Clubhouse alternative, this might be a great feature to check out. Instagram is rolling this one out internationally.