 Hey everyone, it's Sam Sheffer with The Verge. Recently Twitter purchased an app called Periscope. It's a live streaming app that's very similar to Meerkat, but the app came out today. So let's take a look at how it works. So this is Periscope. As soon as you jump in the app, you are brought into the watch page. There are three big live streams here, and then there are a bunch of other live streams below. You can't sort through any of these. I don't even know who these people are, and they seem to be completely random and change upon refreshing. And then on the bottom here you have your recent streams. These are mine and some of my friends. Then you have the people tab, and these are the people that I'm following on Twitter. You've got a search function here, and you've got your profile page here. Very similar to what Twitter has, but then obviously you've got the broadcast page here. So let's do a broadcast right now. Testing. Start broadcast. So this is a live Periscope. We are live now. We have one person, five people, and we are filming a live hands-on video. Hello everyone watching this. So these hearts here are people tapping the screen to show love, basically. And in the profile you have your heart count, which I think is kind of interesting. And you can see the chat here on the side. You can see who joined, and you can see the chat. Hello Charlie. So let's go ahead and stop this broadcast. And what's neat is it gives you stats. So it gives you duration, time watched, and it shows you who viewed it, and then you can save it to your camera roll as well. And one of the best parts about Periscope is that your broadcasts are saved for 24 hours, which is something that Meerkat doesn't have. Overall it's a really well-polished app. Screens are way less clutter than Meerkats are, and I like it.
 Hey everyone, it's Sam Sheffer with The Verge.
 Recently Twitter purchased an app called Periscope.
 It's a live streaming app that's very similar to Meerkat, but the app came out today.
 So let's take a look at how it works.
 So this is Periscope.
 As soon as you jump in the app, you are brought into the watch page.
 There are three big live streams here, and then there are a bunch of other live streams
 below.
 You can't sort through any of these.
 I don't even know who these people are, and they seem to be completely random and change
 upon refreshing.
 And then on the bottom here you have your recent streams.
 These are mine and some of my friends.
 Then you have the people tab, and these are the people that I'm following on Twitter.
 You've got a search function here, and you've got your profile page here.
 Very similar to what Twitter has, but then obviously you've got the broadcast page here.
 So let's do a broadcast right now.
 Testing.
 Start broadcast.
 So this is a live Periscope.
 We are live now.
 We have one person, five people, and we are filming a live hands-on video.
 Hello everyone watching this.
 So these hearts here are people tapping the screen to show love, basically.
 And in the profile you have your heart count, which I think is kind of interesting.
 And you can see the chat here on the side.
 You can see who joined, and you can see the chat.
 Hello Charlie.
 So let's go ahead and stop this broadcast.
 And what's neat is it gives you stats.
 So it gives you duration, time watched, and it shows you who viewed it, and then you can
 save it to your camera roll as well.
 And one of the best parts about Periscope is that your broadcasts are saved for 24 hours,
 which is something that Meerkat doesn't have.
 Overall it's a really well-polished app.
 Screens are way less clutter than Meerkats are, and I like it.