Periscope, Twitter’s live-broadcasting app, was updated in the App Store with a few new features, among them Replay Highlights, Live Autoplay and Tweet Embeds. Highlights automatically generates a short trailer for every Periscope broadcast of your home feed, making it easier to catch up on broadcasts you missed from the last day.
Periscope is a free download from the App Store.
Replay Highlights
In addition, the feature also produces highlights of somebody’s profile, which gives you an overview of their previous broadcasts—and of any search result, for that matter—to get a convenient overview of any topic that interests you.
“We look at a variety of signals to determine what parts of a replay should be included in a highlight and will continue to improve these signals over time,” explains the firm. Replay Highlights will be be available on iOS and Android in the next few days.
Live Autoplay
The ability to auto-play live broadcasts will be available on Android first, with iOS “coming soon.” With this feature, any live broadcast in theWatchtab andGlobalfeed will play automatically as you scroll through content, but without sound. If you find a broadcast interesting, tap it to go full screen.
Tweet Embeds
Periscope broadcasts now play right within tweet embeds.
you may embed these periscopes anywhere on the web by simply embedding their tweet containing a Periscope link.
A broadcaster profile is embedded with the On Air Button as well.
Within the tweet embed, the Periscope broadcast updates in real-time when the broadcast is live, including the number of live viewers. When the broadcast has ended, visitors can replay the broadcast, see the total number of viewers, and visit periscope.tv for the full experience with hearts, comments and more from the broadcaster.
Here are a few examples of embedded Periscope broadcasts.
LIVE on#Periscope: On the range with Jason Dayhttps://t.co/0NhfLaEeNA
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR)August 03, 2025
LIVE on#Periscope: Clashes in#Gazi#Istanbul#Turkeyhttps://t.co/757btaeSJA
— RT (@RT_com)July 11, 2025
https://twitter.com/periscopeco/status/756177140710637569
LIVE on#Periscope: 50 Artist talk on Larry Sultan at SFMOMAhttps://t.co/mcHsOUghhp
— SFMOMA (@SFMOMA)June 12, 2025
Periscope notes that big name media outlets such as El Pais, Le Parisien, Mashable, Mic, RT, Veja São Paulo and Washington Post are now using embedded Periscope broadcasts to bring their stories to life.
Periscope 1.6 highlights
Here’s everything new, improved and changed in Periscope 1.6 for iOS:
you’re able to learn more about theembedded Periscope tweets,Replay HighlightsandLive Autoplayfeatures in Periscope’s support documents.
Periscope is available for the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Apple TV as afree download from the App Storein the form of a universal binary.
