It looks like every person in the world can now to livestream whatever they are doing right now, thanks (or no thanks?) to third party apps for smartphones such as Meerkat or Periscope. This means that people with better mobile broadband connections moving from taking just mere selfies to livestreams of whatever they want to show, such as their newborn baby girl or boy, or cats playing the piano.

But apart from those, there are those who will livestream something that it can be a part of history, such as toppling of a dictatorship by oppressed peoples, the unveiling of a life-changing discovery, or perhaps filming the police do something stupid which looks like the rage right now in the US of A.

For the UK's largest mobile communications company, EE, it's also an opportunity to use livestream, put it in a small action camera, and go head to head against GoPro, Drift Innovations, Sony, and many more action camera makers. They launched the 4GEE Action Cam that will let you livestream anything happening in front of you over their 4G network or 3G/Wifi if there's no 4G coverage in a given area.

That is an opportunity for airsoft players and airsoft event organisers to livestream airsoft tournaments and milsim events. That caveat is that it is totally dependent on the availability of mobile broadband coverage in the area where the airsoft event will take place, and it's usually in the outdoors where mobile connectivity is always patchy.

Anyway, at first glance you'll groan and say that's a "GoPro" rip-off, though it's not a copy of the GoPro Hero action cameras as it's chunkier (and has 4G). The 4GEE Action Cam records 1080p HD video at 30fps and 720p at 60fps if you're recording the video to the 2.5GB internal storage or microSD card as you can expand storage to up 64GB with the microSD slot. But when you start to do livestreaming over 4G, then your video resolution will be at 720p at 30fps. It can also take still images at 13mp using the f/2.8 lens with 8fps burst mode.

The package, apart from the 4GEE Action Cam, comes with hard and soft cases with the hard case being an underwater housing, and a companion Viewfinder Watch. We like the Viewfinder Watch as it allows us to correct the orientation of the 4GEE Action Cam by watching the video capture on the wrist at the same time control the camera. Why other action camera makers didn't think about this, I really don't know.

When livestreaming, you will need to use the Skeegle mobile app. For those familiar with Meerkat and Periscope, Skeegle works the same way though with a difference. It is a more private thing when you livestream your videos using the 4GEE Action Cam with Skeegle as you will specifically choose to whom you can broadcast your video to. Once you have downloaded the app, you log in with your Facebook account and the phone number linked to it. You build your viewing groups (eg. "friends", "family", "work") with your phone contacts list. Once you want to livestream something to them, they can be notified via the Skeegle App or SMS.

So far, EE have given no indication if they will allow the 4GEE Action Cam to be connected to other apps apart from Skeegle. Whilst Skeegle can be used over whatever mobile network apart from EE, Skeegle is funded by EE.

The unique selling point of the 4GEE Action Cam is that it is the only rugged HD action camera with 4G, 3G, and Wifi (802.11b/g/n) connections, and the companion Viewfinder Watch. For competitors it's something that they may look into, especially Sony since they have the smartphone and mobile connectivity expertise. If they indeed put these features, we also hope we can use it with other livestreaming apps.

The 4GEE Action Cam will be launched on the 16th of June. For a limited launch period, existing customers of EE can get it for £10 a month with no upfront cost and comes with a 2GB storage. After that period, it will be £99 upfront at £10 a month with the data shared with the mobile data plan. For Pay As You Go, £299 upfront for the camera with 2GB of data consumable within a 30 period or £399 upfront with 2GB of data that can be used in a 12 month period.

The 4GEE Action Cam sure has its benefits, albeit a bit expensive. For airsoft players who want to livestream the airsoft action then this is the camera for them. Now you can watch someone get peppered with BBs in realtime.