This year, the StreamYard team released 50+ new features and improvements. 🚀🦆

From big updates to small tweaks, in 2025 we focused on streamers’ needs and workflows to provide the tools to produce your shows and grow your audience. Here's a breakdown of the main changes:

🤖 Rethinking short-form content with AI Clips

Earlier in December, we released a major update to AI Clips, our AI-powered reels generator that turns long-form content into scroll-stopping reels in just a few clicks.

Explore the new customization controls by adding your logo, customizing caption styling with colors and fonts, and adjusting the duration of your clip. Use your voice to guide the AI in selecting the best moments for your reels, or prompt it with detailed text descriptions.

Learn all about AI Clips here.

🪐Multi-aspect ratio streaming (MARS)

In November, we introduced MARS (multi-aspect ratio streaming), StreamYard’s innovative tool to deliver content automatically optimized for both desktop and mobile.

With MARS, you can stream vertically and horizontally at the same time, from the same studio. Upload custom assets for each orientation, and let StreamYard handle the conversion between the two formats: your layouts are automatically adapted to the portrait aspect. And only for YouTube, try to go live with both formats to the same account!

Learn more about MARS here.

🎑 Scenes

At the beginning of 2025, Scenes became available to everyone at StreamYard: now irreplaceable for our power users, Scenes is a feature that lets you plan how the elements of your show will appear in advance, and pre-save different configurations that you can then select while live with just one click.

Learn more about Scenes here.

📹 Enhanced video quality

After months of under-the-hood engineering efforts, in November we optimized our recording pipeline to improve the quality of your stream: expect crisper text, smoother motion and better color accuracy. If you’re curious just how we achieved that, we documented the effort with an in-depth technical article that you can find here.

📝 Notes and Teleprompter

Never miss a beat while managing your show: in August, we added a new tab to your studio where you can jot down and save notes. And to make the most out of it, we coupled it with an on-screen teleprompter, that displays your notes scrolling through them smoothly; only visible to you, the teleprompter helps you to minimize distractions while offering support for more structured productions, all without leaving StreamYard.
Read more about these features:

• Notes tab
• Teleprompter

💬 Chat Overlay

Back in May, we introduced Chat Overlay to gather and showcase all your audience’s comments on your screen. We also recently released a v2.0 to incorporate the feedback we received from you and make it an even more powerful tool for engaging with your audiences. Now you can choose between different dimensions and font sizes to match your preference and improved visibility.

These are just a few of our favorite new features, but the team has been hard at work all year long. Here’s some further selected highlights:

Image sharing. Share image files directly on stage without converting to other formats. [released in March]

New destinations. Amplify your audience by streaming to two new platforms: Kick and Brightcove. [released in June-July]

A new People tab. Easily manage all your guests from a unified view with the new People tab. [released in July]

Sound effects. Play back engaging sound effects while live with our new built-in library, or upload your own sounds. [released in August]

Logo placement. Choose whether to place your logo to the upper left or right of your stage. [released in September]

QR codes. Generate QR codes directly from your studio to share useful links and resources with your audiences. [released in September]

AI background. Design stunning backdrops for your stream with simple prompts: AI takes care of the rest. [released in November]

Thanks for turning ideas into memorable shows and for trusting StreamYard to help you bring them to life. 💙

We can’t wait to see what you’ll create in 2026!