If you're monetized on YouTube, you can now see gifted membership messages directly in your Streamyard chat and even show them on screen while you're live.

That means you can acknowledge supporters the moment memberships are gifted, without needing to switch over to your YouTube Studio or miss the message in chat.

Here’s how it works:

• Start a livestream with YouTube as a destination
• Open the Comments tab in your studio
• Gifted memberships from YouTube will appear directly in your chat
• View the gifted membership counter at the top of the chat
• Click a gifting message to show it on screen

To use this feature, your YouTube channel must be eligible for monetization.

📍 Available on all Streamyard plans

You can now drag and reorder guests and media assets in the backstage area, making it easier to keep your studio organized during busy streams.

Here’s how it works:

• In the studio
• In your backstage area, hover over a guest or asset card
• Click and drag the card to a new position
• Drop it wherever you want in your backstage lineup

Group related guests and assets together, arrange your backstage exactly how you want, and quickly find what you need while live.

📍 Available on all plans

You can now resize and reposition static overlays directly inside your layout, giving you more control over how your stream looks on screen.

Want to move an overlay around your guests? Resize it to better fit your layout? Now you can customize your layout exactly how you want, without leaving the studio.

Here’s how it works:

1. Head to your Studio
2. Open the Media assets section
3. Click on an overlay
4. Click the three dots on the overlay thumbnail
5. Select Transform
6. Adjust the size and position of your overlay anywhere on screen
7. Click Save to override the original overlay
8. Or click Save as new to create a new transformed version

You can even transform overlays while you're live. Once you hit save, your audience will instantly see the updated version in real time.

📍 Available on paid plans

When your chat is moving fast, it’s easy to lose track of which comments you’ve already shown on screen.

Now, comments you’ve shown on stage are clearly marked, so you can instantly see what’s been covered and pick up right where you left off.

When you hide a comment from the stage, it will appear faded in the Comments section, making it easier to see where you left off and avoid showing the same comment twice.

Here’s how it works:

• While streaming, open your Comments section
• Show a comment on stage
• Hide the comment from the stage
• The comment will appear faded, so you know it’s already been shown

Stay on top of even the busiest chats, and keep your stream flowing smoothly.

📍 Available on all plans

You can now add Vimeo as a destination and go live or stream your recordings—no RTMP setup or switching tools.

📍 Available on all plans

Requires Vimeo Advanced or Enterprise plan with Events functionality

You can now open your live chat in a separate browser window, or scan the QR code to open it from your phone.

That means you can keep an eye on your chat without it getting in the way—giving you more room to move freely between panels while you stream.

How it works:

• While streaming, click Comments to open the chat
• Click the pop-out icon in the bottom corner
• Choose Open in new window to move your chat to a separate window
• Or scan the QR code with your phone to open the chat from there

Stay on top of your audience, without crowding your setup.

📍Available on all plans

QR codes just got an upgrade. You can now customize them with your brand colors, logo, and text—so it looks like a natural part of your stream.

Make it easier for your audience to take action. No searching for long links or digging through the chat, just show the link on screen and go.

Here’s how it works:

• Go to the Widgets section in your studio
• Click + New QR code
• Add a title and link
• Customize with your logo and brand colors
• Click Create, then Show to display it on screen

Your QR code appears instantly during your stream, and you can hide it anytime.

Whether you’re sharing your website, donation page, or a signup link, it’s a more seamless way to turn viewers into clicks—now in a custom design that fits your stream.

📍Available on all plans

Turn your viewers into participants with built-in Polls. Ask questions, get instant feedback, and keep your audience engaged, all in real time.

Here’s how it works:

• Hit Livestream or go to your Reusable Studio
• Go to Widgets and click + New Poll
• Enter your question and answer options
• Click Create to save it
• Hit Start & Show to display it during your stream
• Watch responses roll in live across all channels

✨Tip: Any Poll you save to your Reusable Studio can be used again and again.

Use Polls to keep the engagement up in your streams and see who’s actually paying attention. 👀

📍 Available on all plans

You can now make display names and headlines larger or smaller.

Use different sizes to better match your layout or highlight guest names on screen.

Here’s how it works:

1. Enter your Studio
2. Open the Style section
3. Scroll to Theme
4. Turn on Show Display Names and Show Headlines
5. Choose a Text Size

Try a few different sizes to see what works best for your stream.

📍 Available on all plans

We’ve refreshed Streamyard’s design, with a brighter color palette, cleaner interface and brand new logo.

The aim of this revamp is to celebrate all the improvements—big and small—that the team has brought to Streamyard in the last year, while staying true to the core simplicity that users love.

What’s changed:

• A brand new Streamyard logo—with a fresh design for Puddles, our beloved duck 🦆
• A more vibrant color palette, doubling down on our signature electric blue
• A more modern font
• Softer buttons and sidebar, with a more friendlier, more polished feel
• A sprinkling of micro-interactions throughout the product (try hovering over the logo 😉)
• A friendlier, more inviting dashboard for new users

What hasn’t changed:

• All core features and workflows—Streamyard works just the same as before.

Our new look is designed to support everything we’re building next, helping you reach more people, engage your audience, and grow your community—without compromising an inch on the delightful simplicity that makes Streamyard, well, Streamyard.

You can read the full story behind the new look here.