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live free from Twitter sort of Twitter is updating its iOS and Android F to allow anyone to livestream using periscope you'll see a new option when you go to compose a tweet next to the photo and video options you'll see a live button when you click it Twitter bounces you out of Twitter and into the periscope app then you can live stream on periscope like you're used to when you are done streaming guess what you're still stuck in the periscope app you are not brought back to the Twitter app which is the app where you started this whole thing in the first place also if you do not have the periscope app installed you'll see a little message asking you to download it this is definitely not the same as Facebook live video when you go to update your status on Facebook there's the option to share a live video from there you're greeted with a little welcome screen explaining you're about to broadcast something to the whole wide world and then you can go live using the Facebook app when you're done streaming on Facebook you're sent back to your news feed their Twitter approach to live-streaming looks a bit disjointed compared to Facebook's the periscope and Twitter experiences are still two distinct things which might be unappealing to some that's it for this tech news update I'm Maya's akhtar and you can stay on top of the biggest stories at cnet.com slash