How to go live on a Facebook Group after April 22?

Written by Alex

Updated 1 year ago

Recently, Meta rolled out version 19.0 of the Facebook Graph API and discontinued third-party access to Facebook Groups on April 22, 2024.

What Does This Mean?

From April 22 onwards, connecting a Facebook Group as a destination in LiveReacting is no longer be possible. However, you can still use LiveReacting's stream key feature to go live in Facebook Groups. This means that streaming to Facebook groups will still be possible, though interactive features will be unavailable due to the loss of the ability to retrieve live comments from the Groups.

Streaming to your Business or Personal Page will continue to work using the same method as earlier, without any changes.

The below method ensures that your stream starts exactly at the 00:00 position without any delays.

How to go live in a Facebook Group using a Stream Key?

1. Go to your Facebook Live Producer and on the left menu choose your Group and then click Create Event.

2. Name it, choose a Date and click Next.

3. Once your event is created, click at Set Up Live Video.

4. Choose Streaming Software and copy your unique stream key. Also make sure to have the following feature enabled: Go live automatically as scheduled start time.