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Twitch Chat Mac App

OBS is an incredibly useful piece of streaming software, and here's a little tip to make it even more useful.

Get it for Mac or Linux. Display a chat box in your stream. Relay bot lets your fans from Mixer, YouTube, Discord, and Twitch chat with each other. We use multistreaming and chat every time we stream, at least once a week. Tuva J, Content Specialist. Benefit from our desktop chat app. Our app notifies of new messages and has text-to. Besides all that the Twitch app seems to have been working just fine for me for quite some time now. I really enjoy being able to watch my friends and favorite streamers while on the go. It’s also a great time passer when sitting at my psychiatrists office and having a 3-4 hour wait just to see my doctor for 5 to 10 minutes.

OBS is arguably the most popular app for streaming on the planet. Not only is it completely free to use (though you should really toss a few bucks their way if you enjoy it) but it's incredibly powerful. There are a ton of features built-in and a healthy community of plugin developers to help you really accelerate your experience.

One of the neat things you can do, that you may not have been aware of, is docking your stream chat into your OBS window. It's really easy when you know how, so you don't need to worry about having a browser open.

How to add stream chat to OBS Studio

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While Twitch has had an iOS and desktop PC and Mac app for some time, this is marks the public debut of the app for Apple TV. The app will boast the same features that the iOS and desktops apps do.

This method works for any streaming service with a popout chat feature. Twitch and YouTube both have this, as do some of the smaller platforms like Trovo and DLive. Facebook Gaming does not at this time, but we'll talk about this platform later on.

To add your stream chat into your OBS Studio window follow the below steps. For the purposes of this guide we've used Twitch.

  1. Go to your channel on your streaming platform of choice.

  2. In the chat window on your channel, select popout chat. This may also be called popup chat on some platforms.

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  3. From the window that pops out, copy the URL from the address bar.
  4. Open up OBS Studio.
  5. Go to the View menu.

  6. Select Docks.

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  7. Click Custom Browser Docks...

  8. In the first empty box under Dock Name give your chat a memorable name.

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  9. In the corresponding box under URL paste the URL from the popout chat window you copied in step 3.
  10. Click Apply.
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You'll now have a dockable window for your stream chat within OBS Studio that you can move around. As you drag it across the window when a space you can dock it to is available it'll highlight in blue as in the image above. When docked you can resize the window, as you see fit.

Now you'll have a real-time stream chat right in your OBS command center without the need for browser windows or additional displays.

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How to get Facebook Gaming chat in OBS Studio

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So, Facebook Gaming, then. Seemingly the odd one out. But, despite having no popout chat feature on the website, there is still a straightforward way to get Facebook Gaming chat inside OBS Studio.

The answer is StreamElements' OBS.Live plugin. If you're using StreamElements for your alerts and overlays already, it's a no-brainer. But even if you're not, it's free to use and will let you have a Facebook Gaming (it supports Twitch and YouTube, too) chat window inside OBS Studio.

Simply download the plugin and authenticate your Facebook account, and you're set. OBS.Live does have some other neat features, too, including an activity feed and even music controls, but even if you only need Facebook Gaming chat, it's worth getting.

PC and Mac users can now livestream with ease with the new Twitch Desktop App, which also provides a variety of chat tools across text, video, and more.

Over the past few years, Twitch has evolved from a streaming platform into a vast community for gamers to share their gaming experiences and to play together, with the company expanding into a new app that hopes to serve as a one-stop shop for PC gamers and streamers.

In a blog post on the company’s site, Twitch has announced the launch of the official Twitch desktop app, which will combine the platform’s signature livestreaming experience with a variety of chat and community options to communicate with other players and watch streams from your desktop.

The free app will enable users to stream gameplay more easily from their desktop while also incorporating chat, VOD, and more. Alongside the experiences that users enjoy on Twitch already, the app also also provide some exclusive features, like Dark Mode (for late night gaming, voice and video calls, text chat/channels, servers, friend sync across different gaming platforms, and more.

The app also features integration with CurseForge, which allows users to more easily share and find mods and add-ons for popular titles such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, World of Warcraft, Minecraft, and more.

The Twitch Desktop App is now available on PC and Mac – to download the app, you can click here and head over to Twitch. You can also check out the video from Twitch below for a closer look at what to expect from the desktop app and its numerous features for streaming, chat, and more:

Welcome to the Twitch Desktop App from product marketing on Vimeo.