Periscope goes live on Android

Android users are now able to use Periscope on their phones.

This comes soon after Twitter launched the live streaming app that was only available on iOS.

As a small startup, Twitter’s initial launch was limited to iOS. Now, Android users are able to have a special live streaming experience on Android that is unmistakably Periscope. Android owners using Version 4.4 (KitKat) and above can download Periscope from Google Play.

Periscope on Android has all the same core features that Periscope users have come to love: start a public or private broadcast, choose to allow comments from just those you follow, and interact with a broadcaster by chatting or sending hearts.

There are a few things that are unique to Android. The application features a Material-inspired design that should feel familiar but modern to Android users .Android users have granular control over additional Push Notification settings, such as “First Time Broadcast notifications” (when somebody you follow on Twitter broadcasts on Periscope for the first time) and “Share notifications” (when somebody you follow on Periscope shares somebody else’s broadcast). 

Periscope on Android offers you a “resume notification” so you can keep watching where you left off in case your broadcast gets interrupted (by a phone call or message).Periscope on Android makes it easy to resume where you left off. Replays are saved without requiring the broadcaster to upload a file. This should save broadcasters lots of time and preserve precious mobile data allowance, making it the beginning for Periscope on Android.

Recently, Twitter introduced Periscope, a new app that lets you share and experience live videos from your mobile phone. Periscope helps further that mission by giving people a way to share and experience the world around them, both near and far.