Social media is always a
hot topic in today’s society. Two big named social media platforms, Periscope and
Snapchat allow you to communicate with other users in a real-time atmosphere.
Periscope allows you to video-record and broadcast to anywhere in the world.
Snapchat is a messaging app that allows you to take photo or video and add
captions or doodles. You are able to send your creation to your friends or add
it to your story for 10 seconds before it disappears.
According to Entrepreneur, AOL has recently released an app, Kanvas 5.0. Kanvas 5.0 combines Periscope and Snapchat into one
mega social media platform. This live-streaming platform also adds real-time
editing capabilities like drawing, adding filters, stickers or thematic features.
“Over the last five years,
you’ve seen a shift from the mobile handset being a consumption experience to
also being a deeply creative experience,” says Vic Singh, founder of Kanvas
Labs. With this being said, Kanvas 5.0 makes for a great blend of consumption
and creativity for mobile handset users.
Not only does Kanvas 5.0
provide a mix of two of the hottest social media platforms, it is also allowing
users to react in real time. Kanvas users can receive notifications about or
search for streams within the app. While streaming, users are able to chat with
viewers and add stickers or GIF’s to their comments. Users can also promote
their streams on other social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Users
streams can be replayed forever with Kanvas 5.0, which is a big difference from
Periscope.
Social media is always
changing and adapting to fit society’s needs. It seems like everyday a new
social media platform is being uploaded to the App Store. Will Kanvas 5.0 stick
around or will it be another short lived social media platform? Let me know what
you guys think!
Allie,
ReplyDeleteI saw AOL, and you had my attention. Very interesting post. I am very curious as to how well Kanvas 5.0 will ultimately do. You are absolutely right when touching on how often we see social media platforms arrive, and quickly fade away. As for Periscope I have seen a huge audience using this. One that really shocked me was a friend of mine who is in the firefighting profession. He will use periscope to study techniques of firefighters currently in the field. Great post, thanks for sharing your insight.