How to Live Stream on YouTube From Your Phone (COMPLETE Guide)

Learn how to live stream on YouTube from your phone, no computer or extra software needed, so you can go live in minutes even as a complete beginner.
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▶ YouTube app - Android: https://link.primalvideo.com/youtube-app-android?utm_content=4lxcaz3uXLc
▶ Prism Live Studio: https://link.primalvideo.com/prism-live-studio?utm_content=4lxcaz3uXLc

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Timestamps:
00:00 How to Live Stream on YouTube From Your Phone (COMPLETE Guide)
01:01 How to enable live streaming on YouTube
03:19 Create your YouTube live stream
04:48 YouTube live settings explained
06:54 Schedule and share YouTube live streams
08:10 YouTube Live effects and green screen
09:41 YouTube live practice mode
11:11 YouTube Live polls and interactive tools
12:53 Moderate YouTube live chat
13:44 Share livestream and test connection
14:35 Go live and manage replay

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**How to Live Stream on YouTube From Your Phone (COMPLETE Guide)**
Going live from your phone sounds simple until you tap the button and find out your channel is not eligible yet. So we start with how to enable live streaming on YouTube, including the channel verification step, the 24 hour wait before your first stream, and the 50 subscriber requirement that only applies to the mobile app. If you are not there yet, I will show you the ways around it, including Prism Live Studio.

From there it is a full walkthrough of live streaming on YouTube from the app. We cover every one of the YouTube live settings that matters, choosing portrait or landscape, thumbnails, visibility, chat and moderation, polls and Q&A, bringing in a guest, and turning your finished stream into a Short.

We also look at Practice Mode, the new feature that lets you rehearse privately before anyone is watching. It turned out to be more useful than expected, because it quietly tells you whether your connection is strong enough to stream at all.

Grab the free live streaming checklist linked below. It includes a printable page you can run through before you go live.

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