Periscope says that users will not only be able to transmit live drone footage from the DJI camera but can switch back to the phone that’s controlling it for video from there too.
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-The biggest change is the ability to save broadcasts for longer than 24 hours, which is something that Facebook now offers.
It’s good that Periscope now saves broadcasts for 24 hours to let folks watch a stream that they couldn’t catch live, but there are instances in which 24 hours isn’t enough time.
Facebook Live launched to the public last month, and with similar features to Periscope, but with a giant audience and budget to match, Periscope seemed threatened by the newest entrant in the live streaming race.
Live video streaming company Periscope May 9 announced a series of upgrades for its service, including new search features for live broadcasts and new streaming areas for drones and GoPros.
Drones, of course, are the coolest of the three, so let’s start there. Creators interested in helping surface their livestreams can just add in the relevant hashtag to their broadcast’s title, or they can choose the topic on search after hitting the broadcast button.
In addition to saving videos by default, the Twitter-owned platform also announced two other major feature changes: the ability to search for broadcasts by title or topic, and support for drone broadcasting. Periscope is flipping the expiration system on its head, making broadcasts automatically save by default and putting the onus on users to actively delete those clips they don’t want to keep.
All these features will be rolling out to the app in the coming weeks.
Over the next few weeks, Periscope will unveil a number of new capabilities for users, including the ability to broadcast from DJI drones. You can explore videos using topic hashtags like #food, #music, and #travel.
During the broadcast it’ll be possible to use Periscope’s recently-added sketching support to annotate the video.
This feature will be available soon for iOS and Android.
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“Periscope’s says users will be able to stream live video from drones using an iPhone and DJI drone, with the option to, “… narrate from a bird’s eye view using your phone or even Sketch on the broadcast to highlight different sights”.
