Twitter to shut down Periscope live-streaming appPeriscope has seen declining usage over the past several years — and that, essentially, the cost to maintain it outweighs its value.
According to Twitter, Periscope has seen declining usage over the past several years — and that, essentially, the cost to maintain it outweighs its value. "The truth is that the Periscope app is in an unsustainable maintenance-mode state, and has been for a while," the company wrote in a blog post.
Meanwhile, most of Periscope's core capabilities are already integrated into Twitter, which the company first introduced in the fall of 2016. Users can broadcast on Twitter using the Twitter Live feature within composing by selecting the in-app camera icon. Besides, brands, publishers, and creators can broadcast live videos on Twitter by using Media Studio.
"We probably would have made this decision sooner if it weren't for all of the projects we reprioritized due to the events of 2020," Twitter said.