Periscope streams now embedded in Tweets

According to an announcement by Twitter, iOS users will now be able to watch live Periscope broadcasts in their time lines instead of seeing a link to a broadcast, and the feature will come soon to Android and web.

The move comes just over a month after Facebook announced its iOS users could livestream directly on the social network.

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Adding the feature is a good move for Twitter, as it promises to keep users around for things like breaking news.
This breaks Twitter’s model of engaging users in conversation though, instead giving them content without letting them interact; viewers who want to chat with the streamer or give them hearts will have to click an “open stream in Periscope” button or open the stream directly in the Periscope app.

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