Eventually, businesses will be able to add deals and other contextual information to their verified page.
For now, though, auto-play is only for videos uploaded to Facebook by users to their profile or verified Page, or by bands and musicians.
You can view either of these examples for yourself, by searching for Instant Articles on your smartphone, heading to the Instant Articles Verified Page in the search results, then locating the stories from the publishers.
Verified pages — the owners of which get access to a special app called Mentions — will soon be able to send live videos to their followers, according to Techcrunch.
Facebook verifies pages belonging to well-known institutions/organizations or individuals.
This feature will go live later this summer, starting with Verified Pages, then roll out to other users.
Today Facebook gave all Verified Pages the ability to broadcast on its Periscope-style Live feature.
Well, verified Pages are usually owned by big brands, publishers, celebrities and other influencers, though there are exceptions.
Today, journalists and other Verified Profiles on Facebook are getting access to the Mentions iOS app previously reserved for Verified Pages, as we reported they would.
