What does that mean for you? It means you can now instantly share your Qik videos on Facebook the way you have been able to share photos for quite some time — directly from your mobile device.
We are super excited to roll out Qik’s Facebook Connect integration — with a big thanks to the team at Facebook for all their help! Here’s how this works.
Share your Qik videos with your friends on Facebook
Qik is the first mobile video service to use Facebook Connect for video uploads. So once you have streamed live using Qik, your videos are now instantly uploaded to your Facebook video collection. You can then proceed to tag, share and comment on the videos from Facebook as you would with any other Facebook photo or video. You even have the option to update your Facebook status and post a one-line story on your wall.
Set up Facebook as a network: You can now set up Facebook as a network by logging into to Qik and then going to Edit Profile > Edit Networks.
When the “Update your status and wall” box is checked, the Facebook status is updated with the Title of the video along with the link to the Qik video. If the Qik video does not have any Title, your Facebook status is not updated. It also posts a one-line story on the wall.
Trigger Facebook video uploads — right from your phone
If you don’t want to upload all your videos to Facebook, you can selectively trigger which ones to upload from your phone through the “Share” menu on your phone. This feature is currently available on all Windows Mobile non-touch smartphones and will be available on all our other supported devices soon.
Post your comments from Qik to Facebook
When you comment on someone else’s recorded Qik video, a story will appear in your newsfeed showing the activity. If you have not yet connected your Facebook account to your Qik profile, but have a valid Facebook session, we will prompt you to connect to Qik when you post a comment. Also, if you and the person you are commenting on are both members of Facebook and you are friends, then the news feed item will be posted on your feed AND your friend’s feed.
Notify your Facebook friends when you follow someone on Qik
When you follow someone on Qik, we will prompt you to post a story to your newsfeed indicating that you have done so.
Auto-login to Qik when logged into Facebook
Once you have connected your Facebook account with your Qik profile, we will automatically log you in to Qik if you have a valid Facebook session. If you were logged in via Facebook, signing out of Qik will also sign you out of Facebook.
Sign-up and Sign-in using Facebook Connect
New users can now sign up for Qik using Facebook Connect. If you’re a new Qik user, once you sign up using Facebook Connect, you will be prompted to select your user URL on Qik (qik.com/<user>) and then go on to select your phone model and download Qik for your phone. SMS-capable devices will receive an SMS with a download and registration link via SMS for seamless association to your Qik account. The login information for the device is also sent as a Facebook message, enabling you to associate your device(s) to Qik.
As usual, we would love to get your feedback. Drop us a line at support@qik.com with comments or questions.