Periscope update addresses vertical video syndrome

Periscope has announced an update to their app on both iOS and Android that adds the ability to broadcast in landscape mode, a welcome addition for those annoyed by vertical videos. According to Periscope, viewers can continue to watch broadcasts while holding their device in a portrait orientation as the app will adjust to maintain the broadcaster’s orientation.

In addition to the new landscape broadcast mode, Periscope has added a few other new features to their app. Periscope users may notice that broadcasts that show up in their home feed will now include an indication of who is sharing the broadcast to help users better understand why something is in the feed.

Periscope indicates they have added some new features to improve accessibility for visually impaired Periscopers. The improved support takes advantage of iOS accessibility features, so it is unclear whether Android users can take advantage of the improvements. Finally, Periscope has made it easier to launch a private broadcast by providing a list of mutual followers with which to share a broadcast. They also added options to select all mutual followers instead of having to tick each one. Opposite the accessibility improvements, this feature is only available for the Android app and will be coming to iOS later.

source: Periscope

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