X adds live video to Spaces instead of bringing back Periscope
by Amrita Khalid from The Verge - All Posts on (#6JZJ7)
Illustration: The Verge Spaces, the live audio feature for X, is now letting hosts turn on their video during chat sessions. The platform formerly known as Twitter announced the news on Wednesday as owner / CTO Elon Musk reposted a walkthrough from a user named "Dogedesigner."
Spaces users will notice a new option to enable video" when they first create a new Spaces session. Hosts can opt for either their phone's front or back-facing cameras as well as either a landscape or vertical view of their video feed.
The Video Spaces are available on the iOS version of the X app, but we haven't seen them available on Android or the web yet. Multiple users reported significant lag while trying out the feature so far.
BREAKING: Video Spaces are now live on
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