One of the most celebrated, publicized, mainstream apps is finally on the Android platform and by extension, on your computer too! Periscope is here and so is Periscope for PC! The tremendously successful and popular iPhone app has made the switch over and as a consequence, there’s no question that millions of users will be signing up quickly, having done so already.
A true milestone in broadcasting video.
Periscope cuts the clutter and the dependence on news networks and other media outlets for video coverage on any particular event. Imagine a world wherein a popular street performance or a parade is broadcasted to the world by a thousand cameras instead of the 10 or 12 allocated to broadcast television. Imagine looking at an event from plenty of different angles, through the lens of an individual’s phone lens who is sharing his view and broadcasting it to anyone, everyone, everywhere in the world. That’s what you get with Periscope and what’s better than to watch live streamed events on your desktop computer or your laptop with Periscope on PC?! More on that below. Rest assured, by the time you’re done reading this review, you’ll also know how to get Periscope installed and running your Windows machine.
Periscope is one of those fundamental apps that could be earmarked as a must-have application, or indeed, even pre-installed on phones, tablets and other devices by manufacturers. There has never been an easier, faster, instant hook-up of broadcasting anything that’s been shot on your phone or tablet, or indeed even through the web camera of your computer, to the wider world, in a second’s notice. Popular users of Periscope are certain to have followers who will be notified of any new streams that go live and they can join in and comment on the video on a real-time basis, letting you know exactly what they feel about your latest live stream.
Periscope numbers.
- With nearly 5 million uploads for a relatively recent launch, Periscope is one of the apps that’s scorching a blazing trail in the Android charts. With little or no marketing, word-of-mouth and sharing of live links via instant feeds such as twitter is getting the world to know about Periscope.
- At a simple, lightweight 8.1 MB, Periscope makes itself available to all manners of devices including phones, tablets and desktops/laptops too!
Periscope’s features!
- The value of replay! When any broadcast is over, the same can be made available for replay for a whole 24 hours, with Periscope servers storing a log of it for the world to review and re-watch for a whole day after the broadcast is done with.
- Private broadcasts. Choose whom you want to share your broadcasts to for a specific event with a simple lock icon that denotes privacy. Clicking on it before you go live will give you options and means to choose whom you want to share the broadcast with, if you want to keep it among close friends or family.
- Twitter integration! With the simple tap of the twitter birdie, a tweet will be sent out to all your Twitter followers and the wider world that you’re broadcasting. The possibilities are endless, with the number of people you can reach with your broadcasts.
- Notification management. Periscope will also help recommend certain people based on your interests and whom you follow on your Twitter account. Follow, unfollow and set up privacy settings with ease. Notification preferences can be custom-set for your specifications as well, if you won’t want a specific Periscope user’s broadcasts to be notified to you.
- Periscope Hearts. The more hearts you gain from your followers, the higher you scale in the charts to make the “Most-loved” list that’s featured on Periscope, with the largest number of views for broadcasts made via Periscope for PC.
Looking through the lens on your computer.
As mentioned above, it is entirely possible and feasible to get Periscope on PC. To help you in the task, you’ll need an emulator and that’s exactly what you’ll find with Andy.
Andy is a capable emulator that can be installed on Windows, to run Android apps and games from your Windows desktop by downloading apps such as Periscope, directly to your computer. It really is that simple!
How to Download Periscope for your PC:
Step 1: Download the android emulator software Andy and it is available for free. Click here to download: Download
Step 2: Start the installation of Andy by clicking on the installer file you downloaded.
Step 3: When the software is ready to be used, start it and complete the sign up procedure and login with Google Play account.
Step 4: Start Google play store app and use its search tool to search Periscope download.
Step 5: Find Periscope and start the installation.
Step 6: Launch the game and you can now play Periscope on pc using a mouse or your keyboard and even your touch screen, you can use the control button to emulate the pinch function to zoom in and out.
Step 7: You can also install remote control app form here for remotely accessing the game: Andy remote control app
Support: we maintain an online real-time Facebook support group if you have any issues with Andy OS to the installation process, you can use this link to access the group: support
Enjoy Playing Periscope on PC!!!
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