--- description: Find out why Roland GO:LIVECAST is one of the best inventions of 2020. title: Roland GO:LIVECAST: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c908c4037525917/698a143616d8842ee0c38cff/best-inventions-of-2020-GOLIVECAST-5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 19, 2020 # Superior Streaming Roland GO:LIVECAST by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Courtesy The pandemic has hastened the livestreaming era, turning our phones into bona fide broadcast stations. One problem: a lot of streams seem exceedingly amateurish. Enter the [Roland](https://www.roland.com/global/ "undefined") GO:LIVECAST, which makes it easy to ensure that live broadcasts look polished. The control room in miniature ($250) features mic and instrument inputs, controls to switch between smartphone cameras and more. Once connected, the device can send your footage to Facebook, YouTube or wherever your viewers are. _—Jesse Will_ **Buy now:** [Roland GO:LIVECAST](https://www.bestbuy.com/site/roland-live-streaming-studio-for-smartphones-white/6424495.p?skuId=6424495&ref=212&loc=1 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911334/roland-golivecast/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911334/roland-golivecast/"},"headline":"Superior Streaming","datePublished":"2020-11-19T01:34:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:45:39.846Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911334/roland-golivecast/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2020"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c908c4037525917/698a143616d8842ee0c38cff/best-inventions-of-2020-GOLIVECAST-5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c908c4037525917/698a143616d8842ee0c38cff/best-inventions-of-2020-GOLIVECAST-5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911334/roland-golivecast/","name":"Superior Streaming"}}]}] ```