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:
- Open the YouTube app.
- From the top left, tap
.
- Tap Live
.
.To get a notification when a live stream or Premiere goes live, tap Notify me 
Watch live streams in Shorts
You may find live streams as you're swiping through the Shorts feed. If you’re interested:
- Tap Watch Live to enter the live stream, or
- Tap a Short you're watching to pause it, then tap Live at the top of the video player.
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:
- Join a Premiere or live stream.
- Tap Say something.
- Enter your message in the text box.
- Tap 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.
Use Emojis or Emotes
Emoji are small pictures that can express an emotion, idea, and more. To add an emoji to your comment or message:
- To start a message, tap Say something.
- Tap
.
- Select the emoji you’d like to use.
You can also select YouTube Emotes within the emoji picker, located above the standard emoji set. Emotes are only available on YouTube, created by a diverse set of artists for you to use to express your feelings or ideas.