The Periscope logo is displayed on the screen of an Apple Inc. iPhone 6 as the video streaming site unit of Twitter Inc.'s internet homepage is shown on a laptop screen, in this arranged photograph taken in London, U.K., on Friday, May, 15, 2015. (Photo : Getty Images/Chris Ratcliffe)
Periscope added a new feature that allows users to save their broadcasts forever and delete them whenever they want to, by simply adding a hashtag and the word 'save' on the recorded clip's description.
According to CNET, the company announced on May 4, Wednesday that by typing #save in the description of the broadcast, the streamed video will never be deleted unless the user decides to do so.
By default, broadcasts shot via the Periscope app are automatically deleted after 24 hours and that is about to change as soon as the official update arrives. For now, the company is testing out the #save feature to enable users experience the enhancement early on.
The latest upgrade on Periscope is set to be part of an even bigger feature or a new set of features, according to CEO Kayvon Beykpour. "We're working on a holistic solution to that that we're really, really excited about," he said. "That's going to be coming in the near future."
Aside from #save, the company is also introducing a search bar and has started organizing their categories by using hashtags to track what broadcasts users want to see, The Verge reported.
This new addition resembles the Explore feature on Instagram where users can search for their interests by adding a hashtag on different categories such as food, movie, travel, music, and others.
Recently, the company hired Evan Hansen as new editor-in-chief whose role is to setup a team to resume developing the app, as well as establishing relationships with media groups to help the company be more competitive.
With this latest move from Periscope, it seems that the company is going in the same direction of Facebook Live, where in users have always been allowed to save live broadcasts permanently with a no 24-hour limit. In April, Beykpour said in a report that they do not spend their time focusing on competition for it would not help in their productivity to create something good for the world.
Watch the video below to know more about Periscope and its features:
