Twitter is killing Periscope

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“We made the tough decision to discontinue Periscope as a separate mobile app by March 2021,” the video live streaming app announced in a blog post on Tuesday.

“The truth is, the Periscope app is in an unsustainable state of repair, and it has been for a while,” he added. “In recent years, we have seen declining use and know that the cost of supporting the app will only increase over time.”

Most of the app’s live streaming capabilities have been added to Twitter as features, and streams shared on Twitter will remain available for replay. Users can also download an archive of their data and content before Periscope leaves the app store in March.

Launched in 2015, Periscope quickly became a popular way to share and follow live events, spurring a trend that prompted rival platforms Facebook and Instagram to launch their own live streaming services.
But the app has also sparked controversy on multiple occasions, with sporting events cracking up against spectators streaming online illegally and a high-profile case involving an alleged rape livestream.
This isn’t the first video service to take over Twitter and then shut it down. The company also bought Vine, a short video app, in 2012, before shutting down in 2017.

Periscope said shutting down its individual app has been in the cards for a while.

“We probably would have made this decision earlier if we had not reprioritized all projects due to the 2020 events,” the company said. “We are convinced that live video still has the potential to see an even wider audience within the Twitter product.”

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