The massively popular Periscope app launched back in March for iOS devices, and since that time many people have been waiting for the Periscope Android app. Yesterday the Android version of the app finally appeared on the Google Play Store, gathering plenty of attention and pleasing many Android device users. However, some Periscope Android app problems are being reported.
There was plenty of demand for the Periscope app for Android, and it’s clear that many users of the new version for the Android platform are thrilled to see it make an appearance for their devices. Nevertheless we’ve received some comments and emails from readers about difficulties they are having with the app, although we’ll point out from the off that for many people the app is running smoothly. Therefore it’s difficult to tell at this early stage whether the issues are widespread or more isolated.
We’ve just taken a look at user reviews for the Twitter Periscope Android app on Google Play. We have to say that there are many commenters who love the app and are perfectly happy with how it’s working, and who have rated it with 4 or 5 stars. However, it’s fair to say that there are also numerous comments from some users who have given it low ratings. Various issues have been noted and a login problem is something that has been raised by numerous commenters.
For example one person writes, “Login issues. I’ve just installed the app and I’ve been trying to login using Twitter credentials but somehow it’s not working the way it’s meant to be.” Another commenter says, “Cannot log in on Samsung s6. Then leaves message on screen that you have to reboot to remove.” Another user comments “Can’t connect to Twitter! I can’t seem to log in with Twitter. I keep getting an endless “Logging in…” popup.” One more person writes, “Crashes with “Sorry, we’ve encountered a Loading error” on Galaxy S6. I authorize my Twitter account and then get hit with the above error accompanied by a hard crash. Thrilling.”
As well as login problems, users of the Android Periscope app are also raising other issues. For example, one commenter says, “Can’t livestream. I can see other people’s streams no problem, but when I try to stream, I get “initializing video stream” but nothing happens after that. Help?” Another comment reads, “Crashes in front camera. When I switch to the front camera it crashes. Galaxy Note 2.” Another user says, “Needs work. It will only broadcast using my mobile network and fails to connect via Wi-Fi. Made the phone run hot and utterly hammered my battery. Installed update: still fails to broadcast via Wi-Fi on Sony Xperia M2.”
Hopefully these issues and others being reported are ironed out quickly with future updates, and it would be remiss of us not to point out that the iPhone version has also been criticized by some users in the past. What we would like to get some idea of is how widespread these problems with the Android Periscope app are, so we’d really like your feedback.
Have you just started using the Periscope Android app? If so is everything working smoothly for you, and what are your first thoughts on it? Maybe you are one of those having problems with the app and could let us know what difficulties you are encountering? Drop us your comments in the box below and share your experiences of Periscope for Android.