Let your content shine in Dark mode
We’ve redesigned the product interface to highlight what matters most — your stream, front and center.
Enjoy a sleek, modern look that lets your content shine. With a refined monochrome palette and subtle, distraction-free controls, you can focus entirely on creating. Stream, produce, and collaborate in a space that’s effortlessly stylish and easy on the eyes.
Move and resize countdowns
Customize your countdown timer so it fits seamlessly with your video background and brand style.
- Move it: Drag and position your countdown anywhere on the canvas to match your stream’s vibe. Guidelines help you stay perfectly centered.
- Resize: Go beyond the three predefined sizes — click and grab the corners to scale it exactly how you want.
Record locally in Studio (Beta)
Capture isolated participant tracks and sources locally in high quality — in Studio live streams and record only sessions.
With local recordings, each participant’s camera, mic, screen share, and local video are recorded directly on their own device, even with a spotty Internet connection. At the end, all tracks are automatically uploaded and ready for the host to download. This means:
- Crystal-clear audio and video for every participant, perfect for podcasts, interviews, and studio-grade content
- Separate files for easy editing (WebM, MP4, WAV)
- No more glitches and fame drops in your recordings
👉 Use the latest Google Chrome for the best experience. Learn more.
Assign participants to scenes
Structure your Studio stream by showing speakers on certain scenes while hiding them on others.
How it works:
- Once everyone has joined, go to Sources.
- Click All scenes and select the specific scenes where you want each participant to appear.
- When you switch between scenes, participants will automatically be shown or hidden based on your settings.
To bring participants on air at any point, just toggle them on.
Refresh your captions with the new Air theme
Our new Studio theme — Air — brings a brighter, cleaner look to your streams, enhancing captions (lower thirds and tickers), name labels, and chat highlights.
To try it out, open Design on the right side of Studio to switch themes, or simply create a new stream draft — Air will be applied automatically.
Meet Restream AI Clips
Turn your live streams or long videos into viral clips for TikTok, Shorts, and Reels — automatically. ⚡️
How it works:
Restream’s AI-powered editing does all the work, so you can post daily and save time.
- Smart Highlights — AI finds the most engaging moments.
- Auto Editing — vertical layout, framing, captions, and trims done instantly.
- Multi-posting — one stream → many clips you can share everywhere.
Show or hide names per scene
Display participant names in some scenes and hide them in others.
- Hide a name → Hover over a participant’s name or screen share, then click the 👁️ Hide button.
- Show a name → Click the Customization icon on the camera or screen share, then toggle Names back on.
- Change a name → Click the ✏️ Edit button to go straight to Profile Settings.
Your second camera now sticks to the scene
Add a second video angle to each scene individually — not just globally.
✨ How it works:
- Hit the + on a scene to add a second camera.
- Your extra camera will appear in Sources — toggle it on.
- Repeat on any other scene for more angles.
• Facecam fullscreen in one scene → desk view in another.
• Use your webcam on one scene, phone camera on the next.
Animated Overlays and Logos
Entertain your audience with GIFs — either as scene overlays or instead of a logo.
We now support GIFs and videos with transparent backgrounds. Short on GIFs? No worries — pick from our new collection of overlays inside the Design tab. And yes, animated bananas are welcome. 🍌
Extra cameras in Studio now come with sound
Add a second angle with its own audio to your Studio streams.
- Add your extra camera (press E or click the + at the bottom).
- Choose a mic for your second camera — either a separate mic or the one built into the camera.
- Open More settings to adjust sound with echo cancellation and more.
Automatic scene changes for videos and countdowns
Want to roll a countdown, intro video, or a commercial break without clicking? With Studio, your scene transitions can now happen automatically.
✨ How it works:
- Enable “Switch to next scene” in the options — only for scenes with Countdowns and Videos from your storage.
- When the video ends, the scene moves to the next one.
- During playback, all other sources are muted and hidden.
Add your title when joining Studio
Display your role, job title, or a personal tagline beneath your name during streams.
Pause, resume, and restart recordings in Studio
Take a pause, take a breath, and dive back in. You can stop mid-recording or restart instantly when the first try doesn’t feel right.
Open any Studio setup and next to the Go Live button click Record only. Learn more.
Transcribe recordings and video files
Turn any video into a blog, newsletter, social post, or customer quotes. Go to Past Streams or Video Storage and select Transcript from the options menu. Currently, we support 39 languages — with or without timestamps.
Double your views with guests’ channels
Now it’s even easier for your guests to pair channels and rebroadcast your stream to their followers — from Restream Studio or any encoder stream.
✨ What’s new?
- Guests get a cleaner welcome screen when joining your live show.
- Before the stream starts, they can connect their channels from the join screen or inside the Studio.
- As the host, you can now turn guest channels on or off mid-stream — perfect if you want to share only part of the broadcast with guest’s audience. Learn more.
Record inside every Studio setup
Now, you can record any Studio setup — even with guests — without going live on your channels.
Smarter Studio scene thumbnails
Scene thumbnails now match your live scenes:
- Cameras shown correctly: Every visible camera appears on the thumbnail.
- Layout matches exactly: All sources are in the right place, so you can find and switch scenes with confidence.
- Matching shapes: Custom layouts — square, rounded, vertical, etc. — now show in the thumbnail too.
- Chat overlay: If it’s enabled, it shows up on the thumbnail.
Manage your channels effortlessly
Toggle, edit, or reorder your channels for any stream — all changes are saved instantly ― no more "Save" button needed.
Combine multiple media in one Studio scene
Now you can show multiple screens, videos, and images together side by side.
Why it’s better:
- Share multiple screens from the host and guests.
- Add several images or slides without replacing anything.
- Mix media types to create dynamic stream layouts.
Now: No more replacing — each new source just adds to your scene. To replace media, use the 3-dot menu → Replace.
Improved Private Chat in Studio
Talking with your guests and co-hosts while streaming got more pleasant.
- Enjoy redesigned, more subtle chat
- Messages no longer pop-up as they come in
- When someone’s typing, you’ll know
Stream to Mux
Now you can stream directly to Mux from Restream using an RTMP stream key — perfect for custom video experiences.
Mux offers developer-friendly infrastructure ideal for online courses, internal training, onboarding videos, and paid on-demand sessions.
Stream to Substack
Have access to Substack live streaming beta? It’s ideal for members-only podcasts, live AMAs, and exclusive events.
Add a new channel in Restream, select Substack, and paste in your stream key — it’s that simple.
Adjust Stream Latency for YouTube
Now you can select your YouTube stream latency:
- Normal (default option — just like on YouTube)
- Low (5–15 seconds delay)
- Ultra Low (2–5 seconds delay)
Latency is the delay between a live event and when viewers see it.
Lower latency = faster interaction (chat responses, call-ins, reactions).
Higher latency = more stream stability (fewer buffering issues at high quality).
Set ticker speed in Studio
Customize your ticker speed, and it will be saved individually for each draft.
Reorder channels for every stream
Organize channels — individually in each stream setup.
- Click the channel avatars on your Home screen or in the Studio header to view your streaming platforms. Drag channels up or down to reorder them, then save your changes.
- You can also customize channel order on the RTMP page for each encoder setup, or within the OBS channels widget
Quickly update stream details and more
Improvements
- Update all stream titles at once — Easily change titles across all channels for any setup (Home, Encoder, Studio, Playlist, Video, or paired streams). Just open the options menu and select Update titles — works for drafts, scheduled, and actively live streams. Prefer individual control? You can still edit each channel separately.
- Add or replace thumbnails before going live — Easily upload, change, or remove thumbnails for any stream draft, all in one place.
- Manage your streams like a pro — We’ve shipped several improvements to our Home screen, like new view optimized for mobile, sticky header, or more accurate timestamp in the Last edited column.
- Rotate video for channels with transcoding – When using transcoding, you can now rotate videos to fit the full screen on mobile-first, vertical platforms like Instagram and TikTok, avoiding letterboxing.
Free Move for Custom Layouts in Studio
Now you can fully customize your scene in Picture-in-Picture and Spotlight layouts.
- Drag video elements anywhere on the screen — even off the edges.
- Fine-tune your layout for that perfect alignment. No more fixed positions. Move things your way!
Manage streams faster with List view
We’ve redesigned your Home screen to help you move faster and stay focused on what matters: going live.
- One-click access – Open any stream setup instantly
- More actions in one place – Schedule events, duplicate setups, invite guests, and more via the new options menu.
- Smarter sorting – Organize streams by title, status, or last edited
- Past streams, refreshed – See when and where you went live, watch recordings, or download them right from the list.
New graphics in Studio
Level up your Studio streams with a fresh collection of dynamic and static backgrounds by Tatiana Tsiguleva. Designed for everything from high-energy countdowns to subtle, atmospheric scenes.
Better controls for audio-only mode
We’ve made audio-only controls more accessible and flexible. Now, you can:
- Use the three-dot menu to enable audio-only mode right from your stream preview.
- Hide speakers' video but keep their audio — perfect for voiceovers or off-camera commentary.
- Manage your guests and easily set them to audio-only participation anytime.
