Today we're making Facebook Watch available worldwide —
giving you a new way to discover great videos and interact with friends, other creators, and super fans as the action unfolds.
We launched Watch in the U.S. a year ago to give you a place on Facebook to find shows and video creators you love and connect with friends, like-minded fans, and fellow creators. Over the past year, we've made the experience more social by making it easier to see which videos your friends have liked or shared, creating shows that have audience participation at their core, and opening Watch to videos from Pages.
These updates have helped people discover and engage more deeply with videos they love — from Red Table Talk with Jada Pinkett Smith, to beauty mogul Huda Kattan’s behind-the-scenes show Huda Boss, to live Major League Baseball games. Every month, more than 50 million people in the U.S. come to watch videos for at least a minute in Facebook Watch — and total time spent watching videos in Facebook Watch has increased by 14x since the start of 2018.
Here's what Watch has to offer:
A place to discover new videos: Find the latest videos spanning entertainment, sports, news, and more — all in your personalized Watch feed.
A way to catch up with creators and publishers you love: At the top of your Watch feed you'll see your Watchlist, a collection of recent videos from Pages you follow. Customize this section by following more Pages or removing Pages from your follow list within Watch.
A home for your saved videos: If you see a video in News Feed but don't have time to watch it right away, you can save it to watch later in Watch.
Videos you can participate in: We're building new video experiences that put people at the center, giving you the ability to shape the direction of the content. Over time you'll be able to find new video experiences in your Watch feed, like, Premieres, and videos focused on audience participation — like the new trivia game show, Confetti. And we'll make it easier to find live videos so you can discuss the big moments as they’re happening.
Taking Watch global also means new opportunities for creators like you around the world. All Page videos are eligible to show up in Watch, giving creators globally a new place for their videos to be watched and discovered. We're also expanding our in-stream ads program so more partners can make money from their videos, and we're offering new insights, tools, and best practices for Pages in Creator Studio.
To access Watch, look for the Watch icon in your shortcuts bar or the “More” bookmark on Android and iOS. You can also find Watch on Apple TV, Samsung Smart TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Xbox One, and Oculus TV.
We're excited to bring Watch to everyone around the world, and invite you to join in the action in our new video destination.
