Periscope allows you to broadcast and explore the world through live video. It is developed by Kayvon Beykpour and Joe Bernstein and acquired by Twitter. And it was launched in 2015. Periscope helps you to see where the news is breaking, visit a new place or meet people and share interest in real-time. Periscope for PC allows viewers to send ‘hearts’ to the broadcaster by tapping on the mobile screen. Although the scoper simply used a handheld device such as a smartphone to broadcast, it is also possible to broadcast through Periscope using a professional vision mixing suite such as Wirecast. Here scoper means the person who broadcast the video and viewers are called scope. Both scoper and viewers are able to block viewers. When blocked by scoper, users are added to the blocked list and booted from scope.
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Periscope for PC |
If enough scopers block a user, they are blocked from the scope. If they receive more than four blocks from four different scopes then the user gets banned. You can easily found Periscope in twitter account as well.
How to download Periscope for PC:
There are two methods to download Periscope for PC. These are
I. Using an Android emulator
II. Using App Runtime for Chrome
Method 1: Using an Android Emulator:
An android emulator is a software program that enables one computer system to imitate the functions of android system. Bluestacks is a most popular android emulator that enables android applications to run on PC. Then Also Check to Wyze cam for PC Follow the below steps to download Periscope game for PC.
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Periscope for PC |
- First download bluestacks .exe installation file by searching it on your browser or directly go to the official website
- After downloading bluestacks, you should link your google account to the blue stacks.
- Open Play Store And then go to the search box to search Periscope and result will be displayed on the screen.
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- You can also use the APK file instead of downloading it in Play Store.
- Then click the Periscope icon and allow it to install on your PC.
- Once the installation completes, click the Periscope icon in the my apps tap and enjoy using Periscope on your PC
Advantages Of Periscope
- Users of Periscope can choose whether to make their video public or simply view certain users such as their friends or family.
- In the Periscope app, a user can follow a maximum of 8000 users.
- Periscope will also help recommend people based on your interests and whom you follow on your Twitter account.
- The Periscope app provides instant notifications to the various followers in your network whenever you broadcast your video.
- Periscope gives you a ‘replay’ option. With this feature, the user who missed the video during its live streaming can get the chance to watch it later. With the availability of Periscope on your twitter account, you can directly make video live streaming with your followers.
Method 2: Using App Runtime for Chrome:
Google has created a chrome plugin to run Android Apps in the chrome web browser. The plugin is called “App Runtime for Chrome” and is available in chrome web store. Follow the steps to download Periscope for PC using App Runtime for Chrome.
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- Go to the official website of google chrome and download the installation file for your computer. Launch the downloaded installation file and follow instructions appeared on your screen. The installer will automatically download the latest version of google chrome and install it on your computer.
- Go to chrome web store and add ‘App Runtime for Chrome’ welder to chrome. To add App Runtime for Chrome, simply click on the blue Add to chrome button which is appear in the top right corner of the screen.
- App Runtime for Chrome cannot download Android apps from Play Store. It can only run the APK file.
- So you should download the latest APK file of Periscope from the website.
- You can open App Runtime for Chrome by clicking the apps button located in the bookmarks bar of Google Chrome.
- After you open App Runtime for Chrome, a window will appear like a smartphone screen and asking you to load an APK file.
- Select the downloaded Periscope APK file and wait for it to load. Press the test button to launch periscope application on your computer. That’s it, now you can enjoy periscope for PC.