What you need to know
- Twitter's Periscope video streaming service is now dead and buried.
- The app has been removed from the App Store for good.
Amazingly, it was still alive until today.
Twitter has officially killed off its live video streaming service Periscope, with the app having been removed from the App Store.
We already knew that Periscope was going the way of the dodo as of late last year. Since then many were under the impression it was already dead and buried, yours truly included. But now, the company has announced, it's game over for real.
This is it. Our final goodbye. Today is the last day the Periscope app will be available.
— Periscope (@PeriscopeCo) March 31, 2021
We leave you with our gratitude for all the creators and viewers who brighten the Periscope community. We hope to see you all live on Twitter.
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Periscope was originally a completely separate app from Twitter but the social network bought it out in 2015. The service was very popular for a while, although the likes of TikTok and Instagram have stolen its thunder – and users – in recent years.
Twitter has now turned its attention to other options including Twitter Live. It's also working on live audio features such as Spaces as it deals with the popularity of apps like Clubhouse.
To get started going live on Twitter: tap the Tweet composer icon then tap the camera icon and select “Live” from the bottom menu.
— Periscope (@PeriscopeCo) March 31, 2021
Stay tuned for more Twitter features for creators like Spaces, newsletters, and improvements to Live broadcasting.
Periscope's website remains live and that's where you can go to download archived versions of videos, for example.
Looking to get into streaming your own live video? It's probably a good idea to bag one of the best iPhones for photographers – you'll benefit from those cameras when streaming video, too!
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