live update
Streaming information feed
A live update is information delivered in real time as events unfold, rather than after the fact.
News sites offer live updates during breaking stories, sports events, or elections: Follow our live update feed for minute-by-minute coverage.
Software may receive live updates that install automatically without requiring restart.
The phrase emphasizes immediacy and continuous refresh.
- real timeWithout processing delay
- real-timeOccurring without processing delay
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- data streamContinuous sequence of transmitted information
- breakingComing apart suddenly
news feed · feed · ticker · refresh · push notification · notification · alert · broadcast · sync · push · instant · up to the minute · news · scroll · scroll bar · dynamic · pulse · current
- live broadcastlivestream, broadcast, simulcast, webcast, on-air
- live TVbreaking news, press conference, election night, awards show, weather alert
- updatespatch, hotfix, upgrade, revision, version
- newsnews, headlines, breaking news, headline, news alert
- weatherweather, rain, sun, snow, wind
- CMS featurestemplates, modules, plugins, extensions, themes
live updateretrospective
Reviewing what came before
old news · delayed broadcast · historical data · tape delay · yesterday's news
live, update, lives, lived, living, lively, livelihood, alive, outlive