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Browser-based live streaming studio for video broadcasts

StreamYard is polishing the broadcast, not changing what it does.

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◆Current state
After April's rebrand — new logo, palette and dashboard — the releases have been a consistent drip of on-screen control: custom ticker position and speed, branded QR codes, resizable display names, movable static overlays, built-in polls, a pop-out chat window, and Vimeo as a native streaming destination. The one engineering-led item is a rewrite that makes AI Clips generate about three times faster.
◆Where it's heading
Every release in the window aims at the same person: a solo host who wants the stream to look produced without a production crew. The work is breadth of small controls rather than depth in any one place, and the AI surface stays narrow — clips, sped up, not extended. Vimeo shows the other axis, adding destinations so the tool sits earlier in the workflow than whichever platform the audience is on.
◆Prediction
On this pattern expect more destinations and more per-element styling, with the clips feature the likeliest place a larger change lands now that its processing is fast enough to build on.

◆Recent moves

  1. 4mo ago

    📺 Stream to Vimeo natively from Streamyard

    Adds Vimeo as a native streaming destination — no RTMP setup needed. Expands StreamYard's multistream surface beyond the YouTube/Twitch core, though it requires a Vimeo Advanced or Enterprise plan with Events.

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  2. 5mo ago

    💬 Pop-out your chat and stay on top of your audience

    Live chat can now be popped out into a separate browser window or opened on phone via QR code, freeing up studio screen space during a stream. A small-but-real ergonomics win for solo streamers.

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  3. 5mo ago

    🔗 Customize your QR codes to match your brand

    QR code widgets now accept brand colors, logo, and text customization. Continues StreamYard's pattern of layering brand controls onto on-screen widgets.

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  4. 5mo ago

    Turn your viewers into participants with built-in Polls.

    Built-in Polls let streamers ask questions and see results live across all output channels. Reusable from the studio. A standard engagement primitive that closes a long-standing gap.

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  5. 5mo ago

    StreamYard's new look: refreshed logo, palette, dashboard

    ⚡ SPARK

    StreamYard ships a full visual refresh — new logo, brighter palette, modern typography, softened UI, friendlier new-user dashboard — while keeping all features and workflows unchanged. The rebrand frames a year of incremental product gains and signals the next phase of investment.

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  6. 5mo ago

    AI Clips now generate 3x faster!

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