Periscope was launched for iPhone back in March and it arrived for Android in May. Twitter had been adding new features for Periscope every few weeks, since the launch, now it has finally added support for landscape mode. If you watch a landscape stream in portrait mode, it will not be available in full screen, as you can see in the image below. It also adds few more features such as share indication in your home feed, mutual follow for Android and more.
New features in Periscope v1.2 for Android and iPhone
- Landscape: When a broadcaster holds their phone in landscape, the video will now be oriented properly for all viewers. Viewers can continue holding their device in portrait, or match the broadcaster’s orientation to maintain full screen video.
- Share Indication: When someone you follow shares a broadcast, it appears in your home feed. An Indicator appears beneath the broadcast title explaining who shared it with you.
- Share on Facebook (for iPhone): Share the link to a LIVE broadcast or replay on Facebook. Log in to Facebook from the iOS Settings app on your device first.
- Mutual Follow (for Android) : When you start a private broadcast, you can choose from a list of mutual followers (people you follow, who also follow you). You can also quickly select all of your mutual follows.
- Accessibility (for iPhone): Added iOS accessibility features, supporting our VoiceOver users.
The new Periscope v1.2 update is now available for iPhone and is gradually rolling out for Android, but you can side-load the APK, if you don’t have the update yet.