Twitter Adds Live Periscope Broadcasts to iOS App Timeline

It's now possible to watch a Periscope broadcast without leaving the Twitter iOS app.

The star of Twitter’s stable of products just got a bigger stage. Twitter announced Tuesday morning that live Periscope broadcasts can now be seen directly in the timeline.

It’s now possible to watch a Periscope broadcast without leaving the Twitter iOS app.

Periscope blogged about this new ability:

Since launch, there have been over 100 million broadcasts created on Periscope. Whenever a broadcast is shared on Twitter, you tap the link to open the Periscope app. Today, we’re replacing those links with the broadcast itself, autoplaying right within the Tweet.

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