Twitter is Battling Facebook for Livestreaming Supremacy with the Launch of 360-Degree Live Video
By Lauren Stacy • December 30, 2016
On Wednesday, Twitter announced it’s rolling out 360-degree livestreaming to select partners via its Periscope app to allow some users on the platform to share additional angles with their audience. The update also comes just weeks after Facebook announced its own addition of 360 to Facebook Live, which is taking a similar slow release with a broader rollout planned for 2017. As Twitter struggles to turn its ailing fortunes around, it has placed a renewed focus on news and live events—areas where it has always historically bested its larger rival Facebook.