How to Mobile Stream on YouTube
You can stream straight from your mobile device to YouTube, just like other platforms. Here's how!
Recommended Size: 100 Subs
What You Need:
- Confirm that your channel is verified by YouTube
- No live streaming restrictions in the last 90 days
- Minimum of 100 subscribers
Enable YouTube Live for the first time
- Download the latest version of the YouTube app.
- Select the camera button.
- Grant permissions for the YouTube app to access the Camera, Mic, and Storage.
- If prompted verify your channel.
Create a mobile live stream
- Select the capture button.
- Select GO LIVE.
- Create title, then select a privacy setting.
- Optional: select settings.
- Add a description.
- Enable or disable live chat.
- Enable or disable age restriction for your stream.
- Indicate whether your stream contains paid promotion and add a paid promotion disclosure.
- Select the back arrow.
- Select next to take a picture for your thumbnail. You can upload a custom thumbnail (iOS only)
- Optional: stream in landscape mode.
- Hold your device in landscape mode.
- Make sure your screen rotation lock is off.
- Optional: share your stream, tap SHARE.
- Select GO LIVE.
- To end a stream, select FINISH, then OK. An archive of the live stream is created on your channel after the stream ends.
- You can edit the privacy setting (including setting it to private) or delete the archive on the My Videos page.
Tools
- Restream.io The best way to stream to YouTube, Twitch, Mixer, Facebook and 30+ other services simultaneously.