• by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, June 24, 2016

YouTube plans to allow users to push live streaming 360-degree content from its mobile app.

The video-sharing site will soon offer support for live streaming from one individual to many, CEO Susan Wojcicki said Thursday at the VidCon conference in Anaheim, Calif.

While the app will offer features such as search, recommendations and playlists, it puts the video-sharing site in a position to complete more broadly with Facebook and Periscope.

The two recently drew attention to live content after House Democrats live streamed on social media their protest about gun control after Paul Ryan ordered the cameras to stop rolling in the house press gallery that feeds C-Span's broadcast.

The new app will give individuals the ability to live stream content by clicking a red capture button and then have an option to take a photo to use as a thumbnail.

"With live streaming, fans can interact with the creator and with each other as something unfolds in real time," Wojcicki said, reminding attendees that YouTube began testing live streaming from concerts and sporting events in 2011. "In the past six months, the amount of live stream on YouTube has tripled."

In April, Wojcicki also said YouTube began developing a process that would allow content creators to get paid while copyright disputes were being resolved.

"We pay out money to tens of millions of creators across the globe every single month," she said. "We're currently testing the new solution and expect to reach 100% of all monetized users within the next few months."