Live streams let you watch media that's being broadcast 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:
- Go to YouTube.com.
- 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:
- Join a Premiere or live stream.
- Click Say something.
- Enter your message in the text box.
- 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 the chat open, you can use reactions to respond in the moment to what's happening. Reactions in the chat are anonymised.
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.