Twitter to shut down Periscope live streaming service

The social network Twitter announced the closure of its live streaming service Periscope.

What is known

About it

the company wrote on its official blog.The service will be removed from all app stores by March 2021. In addition, it will be impossible to register on Periscope after the next update. In the near future, developers will allow users to download an archive of broadcasts.

The decision to close Periscope has many reasons,but the most important is complex and expensive support. Moreover, in recent years the number of users of the service has greatly decreased. After Periscope closes, broadcasting on Twitter will only be possible using the built-in Live function.

If you, suddenly, did not know

The idea of ​​Periscope was inventedentrepreneurs Kayvon Beikopour and Joe Bernstein. By the time the app launched in 2015, Twitter had bought it. Since then, the social network has been developing the service. By the way, in 2015, Periscope received the “App of the Year” award in the App Store.

Source: Periscope

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