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How to Set Up Alerts on Streamable
Show Twitch and Kick follows, subscriptions, gifts and more on your stream. Connect your account, copy one private URL, add it to OBS as a 640 × 360 browser source.
Written by Nang Ang
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What Streamable Alerts do
Streamable Alerts shows Twitch and Kick events on your stream through one OBS browser source. It covers followers, subscriptions, resubscriptions and gift subscriptions on both platforms, plus Bits, raids, ad breaks, Hype Trains, polls and charity donations on Twitch, and KICKs gifts on Kick. You find it at Alerts after you sign in.
Alerts are the events; chat is a separate source. For chat from Twitch, Kick and YouTube in one place, use the Chat Overlay. To answer viewers with commands and timed messages, add the chatbot. Deciding between Streamable and StreamElements or Streamlabs widgets? Read the comparison.
Step 1:Open Alerts and turn them on
Sign in to Streamable and open Alerts. Turn on Enable alerts. Alerts stay off until you do.
Step 2:Connect your Twitch or Kick account
Under Connected accounts, each connected account shows a status: Ready, Waiting for setup, Disabled, or Reconnect to grant alert permissions. If no account is listed, select Manage accounts and connect Twitch or Kick.
If an account says to reconnect, reconnect it. Alerts need permissions your account may not have granted before. If an account stays on Waiting for setup, select Retry setup.
Step 3:Copy the browser source URL
In Browser source, use the copy button to copy your private URL. The field is hidden because the URL belongs to you: anyone who has it can load your alerts. If it leaks, select Reset link. The old URL stops working immediately, so paste the new one into OBS afterward.
Step 4:Add it to OBS
In OBS, add a Browser Source, paste the URL, and set the width to 640 and the height to 360. Select OK, then place the source where alerts should appear and keep it above your video sources.
Using Streamable with OBS for the first time? Start with how to add OBS as an ingest.
Step 5:Choose which alerts show
Under Alert types, each alert has a switch, and a label showing which platform sends it. All types start on. YouTube is not an alert source today.
Next to the preview, set Duration (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20 or 30 seconds; the default is 6), switch Alert sounds on or off, and set Volume (0, 10, 25, 50, 75 or 100%; the default is 50%).
Alert types by platform
Followers
- Twitch
- Yes
- Kick
- Yes
Subscriptions
- Twitch
- Yes
- Kick
- Yes
Resubscriptions
- Twitch
- Yes
- Kick
- Yes
Gift subscriptions
- Twitch
- Yes
- Kick
- Yes
Bits
- Twitch
- Yes
- Kick
- —
Raids
- Twitch
- Yes
- Kick
- —
Ad breaks
- Twitch
- Yes
- Kick
- —
Hype Trains
- Twitch
- Yes
- Kick
- —
Polls
- Twitch
- Yes
- Kick
- —
Charity donations
- Twitch
- Yes
- Kick
- —
KICKs gifts
- Twitch
- —
- Kick
- Yes
| Alert | Twitch | Kick |
|---|---|---|
| Followers | Yes | Yes |
| Subscriptions | Yes | Yes |
| Resubscriptions | Yes | Yes |
| Gift subscriptions | Yes | Yes |
| Bits | Yes | — |
| Raids | Yes | — |
| Ad breaks | Yes | — |
| Hype Trains | Yes | — |
| Polls | Yes | — |
| Charity donations | Yes | — |
| KICKs gifts | — | Yes |
Step 6:Test before you go live
Each alert type has a Test Twitch or Test Kick button. It plays the alert in the preview and, if that alert type is enabled, sends it to your OBS source. Press one, confirm it shows in OBS at the size and position you want, and listen for the sound. Do this for the types you care about before you go live.
Next step: Open Alerts and connect your account.
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Optional: Deep-Dive FAQ
Open only if you still need extra troubleshooting context.
Why didn't my test appear in OBS?
The test only reaches OBS when Enable alerts is on and that alert type's switch is on. Check that the account shows Ready and the URL in OBS matches the current one on the page.
Why is an alert type missing for Kick?
Bits, raids, ad breaks, Hype Trains, polls and charity are Twitch events. Kick sends followers, subscriptions, resubscriptions, gift subscriptions and KICKs gifts.
Can I show alerts from YouTube?
Not in Streamable Alerts today.
Do I need a separate URL for each scene?
Use one source and add it to each scene that needs alerts. A new URL is only needed if you reset the link.