YouTube eyes Twitch user base, adds 60 FPS live streams with HTML5 playback

Google may have lost Twitch.tv to Amazon, but it still wants in on the live-streaming gaming market. The company has announced that YouTube live streaming now supports 60 FPS 1080p and 720p video streams. This brings YouTube streaming up to parity with Twitch, but YouTube one-ups Amazon’s streaming service with HTML5 playback—Twitch still uses Flash.

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