How to create an account in Periscope

Periscope is a new application that allows you to watch streaming videos through the social network Twitter. The idea is to broadcast in real time any informative event such as protests, press conferences and some celebrities use it to broadcast their trips and meetings. The idea of ​​this application arose when one of its creators Kayvon Beykpour, was in Turkey in 2013 in the middle of a protest and realized that no media was broadcasting these events, there was only information on Twitter and the question was posed What can not see what happened taking advantage of the same medium? That's how Periscope was born. And although previously it was only for iOS devices, now you can find the Android version. In we explain how to create an account in Periscope .

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The first thing you must do to create an account in Periscope for Android is go to Google Play and place Periscope in the search engine and click on the button that says install. Once installed, a shortcut will be created on your desktop, when you click there the application will open and it will give you a small explanation of what you can do with it.

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Once that step is finished, it will give you the option to register either with your Twitter account or with your phone number. In the case that you choose the first option you must authorize Periscope to use your account by clicking on allow and then create account. With the second option you just have to add your phone number and also click on create account, but it is essential to have an account on Twitter .

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Then it will show you suggestions of people that you should follow who already use this tool and who are users that you follow on Twitter. You can discard the ones you do not want to keep clicking on the check that appears on the right side.

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Once you have selected the people you want to follow, you will see recent updates and you will see the latest transmissions that have been uploaded. To see a video you just have to click on it, another window will appear in which you have to press the play symbol that is on the right side, there you will see the transmission and you can send a comment in case the chat is activated and also You can indicate that you like the video.

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At the top of the application you will see 4 icons, the first is where you can see the latest updates, then there is the world icon, there you can press on the red dots and see the transmissions of people in the countries that are near where these. On the other hand you have the list button where you will see an index with live broadcasts, organized by relevance or by the number of followers. Finally you have the user menu where you will find trends and featured users.

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In the case that you want to make a transmission you must click on the red button that is in the lower part of the right side. You have the option to title your publication, put it as public or private, share your location, activate the chat and activate so that it is published on Twitter automatically. In case you want to make private broadcasts, you must also deactivate the publication on Twitter, if it is not displayed as well. It should be noted that the videos uploaded to Periscope only last 24 hours online then they are deleted.