Meerkat adds support for streaming GoPro video

July 24, 2015

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Live video streaming app Meerkat announced they are bringing the ability to stream video from a GoPro directly to the Meerkat service. The move is the latest step for Meerkat as they are in a heated competition with Periscope, from Twitter, in the live-streaming video app space. The update was announced at the VidCon online video convention.

Initially Meerkat is only making the new feature available for the iOS app, but support for the Android version should be following soon if Meerkat wants to tap into the larger market for live video streaming. The other limitation for the initial release will be the GoPro cameras supported. For now, Meerkat will only support the GoPro 3 with support for the GoPro 4 promised for the next update.

Meerkat has been steadily adding new features since it was released in an effort to stave off Periscope. Along with this latest move to add support for GoPro cameras, Meerkat has added support for Facebook, “mobbing” which adds a video to Meerkat's syndicated feed once it reaches a certain number of views, and Cameo to encourage collaboration between users.

https://twitter.com/AppMeerkat/status/624375344498364416

source: Meerkat (Twitter)
via: CNET

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