Watch live streams

Live streams let you watch media that’s broadcasted in real-time on YouTube. Premieres let you watch a new video with creators and their community in real-time.

Find live streams and Premieres

To browse upcoming and current live streams and Premieres:

  1. Go to YouTube.com.
  2. At the top, click Live.

To get a notification when a live stream or Premiere goes live, tap Notify me .

Chat with others

While watching a live stream or a Premiere, you can engage with others by sending messages in Live Chat. Learn more about using Live Chat.

To post a message to the Live Chat:

  1. Join a Premiere or live stream.
  2. Click Say something.
  3. Enter your message in the text box.
  4. Click Send.

To respond to someone in the chat feed, type the “@” symbol before their username. Both you and the mentioned chat member will see their username highlighted in the Live Chat.

Leave reactions

While watching a live stream with Chat open, you can use reactions to respond in the moment to what’s happening. Reactions in the chat are anonymized.

Reactions include:

  • Heart ♥️
  • Smiley Face 🙂
  • Party Popper 🎉
  • Flushed Face 😳
  • “100” 💯

If you don’t want to see reactions, you can switch your mobile device to horizontal full screen mode.

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