Google Stadia is and kicking — and has made some updates that can make it simpler to livestream video games. XDA Developers that Stadia will unveil a brand new Party Stream characteristic that allows gamers to privately broadcast their gameplay to as much as 9 different customers, who can decide to both play or watch. Users can reap the benefits of Stadia’s occasion chat options throughout these streams, together with emoji and voice reactions. A Google spokesperson confirmed the information to Engadget in an e-mail.

Stadia already permits gamers to immediately to YouTube. The Party Stream characteristic accommodates players who don’t need to broadcast their video games to the world — however merely desires to share it with a number of pals. We’ve already seen platforms like Discord (with its Go Live characteristic) faucet into this have to gamestream to a choose few. Party Stream additionally saves Stadia gamers the difficulty of utilizing Twitch to share video games with pals, which requires downloading a third-party encoder.

Other updates embody the flexibility for gamers to change units mid-game with out ending the livestream. For instance, you might stream a Stadia sport out of your PC after which resume enjoying it in your Android gadget— with out halting the streaming session.

According to XDA Developers, Party Stream started rolling out to customers on Monday and needs to be obtainable to all gamers within the subsequent 24 hours. Keep in thoughts that it’s at the moment solely restricted to desktop and Android units — however will seemingly broaden to extra units sooner or later.