Meerkat is finally coming to Android, public beta now open

April 16, 2015

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Meerkat took the world by storm recently, but it was only available on iOS. Today that is changing as they are inviting Android users to sign up for a public beta.

This isn't a “normal” Google Play beta in which you simply become a tester and join a particular community, giving you the rights to download the beta from Google Play.

For now, they are only offering a simple sign up page, which is powered by Google Docs. They didn't divulge if there will be a limit to the amount of people they will accept, so if you're at all interested, I would click the link below right now. It's likely that when they start accepting testers, it will operate much like a “normal” Google Play beta app.

Meerkat really needs to get their Android version up soon since Periscope, a new competing product, is gaining a lot of steam. Periscope isn't available on Android yet, so Meerkat will now have a slight advantage with so many more users. However, I am sure Periscope isn't far behind.

source: @AppMeerkat / Sign up for the Beta

Robert Nazarian Author

Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.