Periscope lets you share an experience with others. Press a button, and instantly notify your followers that you’re living. Periscope gives you a new set of eyes and ears. Travel the world and step into someone else’s shoes. See what they see, hear what they hear, and hopefully feel what they feel. Watching a broadcast isn’t a passive experience like television.
Twitter announced that it’d be shutting down Periscope as a service. The company will officially discontinue the Periscope applications by March 2021. however, the company will continue to offer live video streaming through its integrated Twitter Live feature within the main Twitter app.
“The Periscope app is in an unsustainable maintenance-mode state and has been for a while. Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen declining usage and know that the cost to support the app will only continue to go up over time.”
According to sources, Twitter is actively blocking any new account signups starting in the latest update to the apps, which is rolling out today. It has provided its users with a chance to download an archive of their Periscope videos and their data before the app is shuttered next year.
It has provided its broadcasters with the option to cash out tips given to them by followers. They have until April 30th, 2021, to finish cashing out their tips. The service repurchased by Twitter in March 2015 will see its last days on March 2021.
Six years back, when the concept of streaming was taking off. The service had the entire social media presence of twitter to back it up. Unfortunately, we all knew that one day the end of the service would come inevitably, and it seems the time has come to bid it farewell.
According to sources, Twitter moved “most of the core capabilities of Periscope” into Twitter Live. It started shuttering Periscope as a separate service, allowing it to build out further that live streaming functionality in the future. All this eventually led Twitter to slowly weed out Periscope until its latest service announcement was officially discontinued.
