How to Stream on Twitch using an Android or iOS

Streaming games are one of the latest trend, with which you can showcase your skills and extraordinary way of playing the games easily. Twitch is one of the popular medium to stream online. The service is owned by Amazon and have more than 2.2 million monthly streamers with more than 292 billion minutes of content watched monthly. This makes it the most popular streaming platform after YouTube.

One of the most unique thing about Twitch is there are applications made specifically to stream PC and Console gameplay online without much effort. But it is less known that we can even stream gameplays which we play online. Also, Twitch Subscriptions offers a wide variety of perks to the users. These freebies offered by streamers is one of the popular attraction for Twitch popularity.

Streaming via PC and Console is mostly free but at times in order to get some unique and well-shaped features, we need a paid software. With mobile streaming, it is not the case neither on Android or iOS. So today we are going to talk about Streaming on Twitch with either an Android phone or an iOS phone in detail step by step.

The most basic of thing which anyone will be required with, is a Twitch Account, although we will be using a third party application for the same. Stating with the software there are a number of third-party apps, but we support the app from StreamLabs as it comes with a simple to use interface and has higher stability ratio as compared to other applications available.

Streaming on Android

1. Download StreamLabs application on your Android device via the Play Store, you can also sideload the application if you feel to use an older version of StreamLabs Application.
2. Once installed, open the application and login with your Twitch Account, while the app does support streaming on YouTube and Mixer, hence you can use the application with either of the three.
3. Once you are onto the main homepage, you will get an option to start the stream and even other options through which you can add different settings, and can alter them.
4. Once you tap on the start streaming, you will get a pop up asking for the confirmation that the application will capture the whole screen, where you will get an option to cancel or Start Now, you must click on Start Now.
5. Once done, head to the Edit Stream Info button which you will get in the drop-down menu once you press the three vertical dots on the top right side of the display just below the notification panel.
6. Here you will get an option to name the stream, once done you must close the screen by affirming ok.
7. If you are sure about all the settings, now press the live icon on the bottom right corner of the screen.
8. As you click on the same, your phone’s display will start to stream on Twitch.
9. Once this is completed, straightaway jumps to the game you want to stream. We will suggest is that you must open the application and keep it in memory, so your viewers don’t have to wait until the Game loads.

Download Streamlabs for Android

Streaming on iOS Phones

1. Install StreamLabs App on your iOS device via the App Store.
2. Once the installation is finished, open the app from the home screen and log in to the Twitch account, even on the iOS we get the option to stream it live on YouTube and Mixer. Hence likewise you can easily start streaming any of the three.
3. As the application loads after signing in which can take time as per your internet speed, you will get an option to start the stream and even other options related to the application and streams, which you can alter as per your needs.
4. Now tap on the start streaming button which will be found on the top right corner. Once done you will get a warning from iOS about the application demanding screen capture, which you can easily enable by confirming with either Touch ID or Apple Account Password.
5. Once done click on start now.
6. Now press the menu button from the top left corner and select the Edit Stream Info. Here you can modify the description and title of the stream. This title and stream info will be showcased to other viewers and are for better understanding.
7. As all the formalities are finished, you can simply press the Live icon found on the bottom right corner of the display, once affirmed you will start to stream on Twitch.
8. Once this is completed, straightaway jumps to the game you want to stream. We will suggest is that you must open the application and keep it in memory, so your viewers don’t have to wait until the Game loads.

Download Streamlabs for iOS

There are even other applications which you can use to stream on either Android or on iOS. Although the UI and working of this application are quite easy, some people might want to try other apps to see the best one. On Android, there is an option for Bitstream which is a free application, while for iOS there is Live: Air Solo which is again a free app.

All the 4 applications talked are free and support a wide range of networks to stream the media upon. Twitch is the most famous media, although the above steps are valid for other networks also.

Also, there are settings to switch the quality of stream which you must keep according to the specifications of the device, which will vary. You must keep a note of your device’s performance and use the above applications.

If by chance you get any issue with streaming on Twitch with the above methods do let us know in the comment section below, we will surely help you out with the solution of the same.  If you are looking for a way to stream on Twitch using a PC read our guide. Also if you have any other better application for streaming your gameplay on Twitch then do let us know the same in the comment section below.