Two months after it launched its live streaming app Periscope for iOS devices, Twitter has finally released the Android version of the app.
The Android version is quite similar to Periscope on iOS, but makes use of Google’s material design and Android’s in-depth flexible notification feature. It also carries over several touches found in more recent updates – like the ability to hide comments in a broadcast.
There are also some additional minor but noticeable features in the app – more control over the kinds of notifications the app shows, option to toggle on or off when someone you’re following starts streaming, when someone shares a broadcast, when someone follows you, or when a Periscope newbie broadcasts for the first time.
If you exit a live stream to check another app, you’ll see a notification the next time you’re in Periscope that acts as a quick shortcut back to the abandoned broadcast.
Though Twitter recently revealed that the Periscope app is approaching a million users, it does not seem to have caught much traction in Nigeria, but it is very helpful with livestreams as well as easy to use for the first time. Hopefully, the Android release will see more streams via Periscope in Nigeria and across Africa.
