With Facebook, YouTube and a slew others, users can easily go livestreaming. Periscope, the small underdog, also wants a bit of the game.
As a matter of fact, Twitter's Periscope was actually one of the first to jump onto the live-streaming wave, and was once considered the leader of online streaming.
But with bigger competitors having that same ability, the platform has become an afterthought for many.
Even Twitter itself offers direct streaming via tweet, which doesn't need Periscope at all.
Despite some issues here and there and knowing that it didn't have much of a chance, Periscope is still going. The team behind the platform made some changes, including the addition of an improved livestreaming feature.
With it, Periscope users can add live guests to their livestreams - although they will only be able to contribute in audio form, as opposed to seeing them in split video screen.
Periscope explained that:
The update isn't much, and it's far from Facebook, YouTube or even Instagram.
But still, this is long-awaited feature for those loyal Periscope users.
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To use this feature, users need to tap on the 'two faces' icon in the pre-broadcast process. This will enable users to invite guests as extra contributors to their stream.
"Viewers can then ask to join, and the broadcaster can choose to accept their requests and add them as guests. The broadcaster and viewers can tap on any guest’s avatar to make it appear biggest on their screen."
While Periscope does note that it's looking forward to add video sharing too in the near future, but initially, the feature can only support audio.
This feature is very much behind other platforms, and should have been added to Periscope a long time ago. With others having similar abilities and with them taking off quite rapidly, Periscope the underdog, has became even less of a priority.
The platform somehow lacks the innovation of others in the market.
But still, again, for loyal Periscope users, this additional consideration should make livestreaming on the platform better.