By: Jessica Klein
As Twitter ended Meerkat’s use of its social graph this past weekend, a new streaming video app entered the scene at SXSW.
Stream (stylized: “Stre.am”), a video app available on iOS and Android devices, offers functions similar to Meerkat and other competitors in the streaming app space, such as Snapchat and Vine. Like Snapchat, Stream lets users save videos “Reels” for 24 hours (akin to Snapchat’s “Stories”), which they can share with their friends and can run from anywhere between three to 15 seconds. Videos shot on the platform can often look like Vines, as they allow for lots of quick cuts.
More like Meerkat, Stream lets users shoot and share real-time video accompanied by a live chat. A “hide” feature lets users shift their focus back to video from the chat at any time.
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