🎥 First Stream Setup (Mobile App)

You’ve signed up, connected a destination — now it’s time to go live for the first time.

This guide walks you through your first mobile stream using Castream on iOS or Android.

✅ What you need before you start

Make sure you’ve got:

✅ A Castream account (create one in the app)

✅ At least one destination connected (YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, etc.)

✅ Camera and mic permissions granted

✅ A decent network connection (WiFi or strong LTE/5G)

Step 1: Open the app and tap “Go Live”

This brings up your camera preview

You’ll see your front/back camera feed depending on last selection

Flip cameras, toggle orientation, and check framing

Step 2: Choose your destinations

Tap the bottom sheet and go to “Destinations”

Toggle ON the platforms you want to stream to

You can stream to multiple at once (based on your plan)

Step 3: Check your setup

Before going live:

📶 Look at the network signal bar if wireless

🎥 Confirm resolution: 720p or 1080p depending on your plan

🔁 Choose portrait or landscape orientation

Step 4: Add title and description

Set description and title for your stream. You can type your own description and title or use Castream AI to polish or generate using a custom prompt. For example: “I am going live from San Francisco Bay Bridge driving my car” Then our AI will generate a nice title and description with the tone selected, you will always get 5 options for both modes, custom prompt or enhance with AI.

Step 5: Tap “Go Live” and you’re on-air 🎙️

Once you hit that button:

A live stream starts in seconds to all selected destinations

You’ll see a timer and a “Live” status on-screen

You’ll see a list of destinations connected and live.

You can move around and interact naturally — the app handles the encoding

You can chat with your audience in all connected platforms

Step 5: End the stream

Tap “Stop” anytime to end your session

You’ll see a quick summary with session length, bitrate, recorded video (you can play or download it for future use)

🚀 That’s it!

You just ran your first live stream from your phone. 🎉

Next time will be even easier — all your settings are saved.

Pro tip: Want to test without going public?
Create an unlisted YouTube stream or a private Facebook Page post to preview everything first.