How to see Twitch and YouTube chat while gaming
January 14, 2026 · 4 min read
Reading chat while playing a fullscreen game is a classic streamer problem. Alt-tabbing kills your immersion, and a chat overlay covers your gameplay. The fix: put chat on a screen beside you.
Chat on a second screen
Instead of squeezing chat onto your gaming monitor, StreamPad puts your Twitch and YouTube chat on your iPad or phone — big, readable, and out of your game's way.
Both platforms are merged into one feed, tagged by source, with usernames in their channel colors.
No logins, no keys
You just type your channel names once. Twitch chat streams in over its official anonymous connection; YouTube chat appears whenever you're live. It's read-only, so there's nothing to authorize and no risk to your account.
Read your chat without leaving your game. StreamPad merges Twitch + YouTube on your tablet.
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