Periscope is taking the world of live video streaming by storm. The immensely popular live video website has released a new update for the Android app, which brings many new features users' way.
Periscope has catered to a huge base of people not using Twitter and is doing its best to please users. The latest version of Periscope app for Android is equipped with multi-window viewing, along with many other exciting features.
What Is Periscope?
Periscope is a live video broadcasting service owned by Twitter. It debuted in March 2015 and gained more than 10,00,000 users within two years of its launch. It reached 200 million broadcasts in just a year after its launch and the figure has been increasing ever since.
Periscope undoubtedly poses tough competition to its rivals YouTube and Facebook.
What Does Periscope Do?
Periscope allows the user to broadcast and view videos from all around the world through its live video feature. Users can broadcast live videos, as well as chat and interact with each other through the comments section. A "Heart" reaction can be used to denote that a video has been loved by someone.
Users can also search for live streams and discover many such broadcasts near them or in any location in the world.
Users can even watch the highlights of the videos they missed thanks to to the replay function. Users can also share the videos via Twitter and other social media channels. Private broadcasting enables users to share a particular video only with their friends.
What's New In This Update?
The app was most recently updated on Jan. 23, 2017, and the standout feature of this update was the integration of multi-window viewing.
"Periscope now supports multi-window mode. You can watch live videos while using other apps and features on your phone," notes the app.
This handy feature, however, is available only to users who have Android 7.0 Nougat on their handsets and enables them to view the videos while working on other apps.
Other elements of the update include the option of inviting friends to use Periscope and some other bug fixes.
What Is The Multi Window Feature All About?
The multi-window feature will be best used for broadcasting a stream while working on other apps. It is sure to please all Periscope users running on Android Nougat. The chat which appears on the bottom of the screen is hidden when in multi-window view. Only the basic control options can be seen.
Periscope, therefore, is going in the right direction with the implementation of many catchy features for the Android app.
The latest version of the Android app is now available for download and works on devices running Android 4.4 KitKat or above.
