đź’ˇ Livestreams are currently a beta feature. If you are interested, please contact your Flip Customer Success Manager.
Live streams let you connect with your team in real time—whether it’s for updates, training sessions, or Q&As. In Flip, there are two roles in a live stream: host and viewer. Here’s how both work.
As a Host
1. Create a post with a live stream
Create a new post as usual and click the live stream icon on the far right of the bottom toolbar.
2. Set a start time and hosts
Choose the date and time for the live stream and invite additional hosts if needed.
Flip provides a default image for the live stream, which you can replace with a custom one—simply upload your own image via the toolbar.
💡 Important: Hosts cannot be added after the live stream has started—please set them in advance!
3. Publish or schedule the post
Once everything is set, publish or schedule the post as usual.
4. Prepare and start the live stream
đź’ˇImportant: Live streams can only be hosted via the Flip web app on desktop.
As a host, you can access the live stream via the post and wait for your co-hosts to join so you can adjust your audio and video settings in advance. Once everyone is ready, you can manually start the live stream by clicking the “Go Live” button in the top right corner.
Viewers can only join once the live stream has been started by a host.
Recording is enabled by default but can be turned off before going live.
You can also use external streaming tools such as OBS Studio. To do so, configure your live stream in the third-party tool, start the virtual camera there, and then select it as your camera source in Flip.
5. During the live stream
As a host, you can:
• Turn your camera and microphone on or off
• Share your screen
• React, comment, and open/close the viewer list
• Switch to full screen mode
6. Ending the live stream
You can leave the live stream at any time without ending it for everyone.
If you are the last host and attempt to leave, you will be prompted to end the live stream for all viewers.
If all hosts leave without ending the stream (e.g. by closing the browser tab), it will automatically end after one minute.
If the live stream was recorded, the video will be converted and made available in the same post where the stream was originally created. The video will replace the placeholder image that was shown beforehand.
As a Viewer
1. Upcoming live streams
Posts with an upcoming live stream are marked with a blue “Live Upcoming” label—including the scheduled date and time.
đź”” All channel members receive two notifications:
• 15 minutes before the live stream starts
• As soon as the live stream starts
2. Join the live stream
Just click or tap “Join livestream” at the top of the post to participate.
3. Watch and interact
As a viewer, you can:
• See and hear the hosts (if their camera and microphone are on)
• See the host’s screen (if they are sharing it)
• Send reactions and comments
• Open or close the viewer list
• Leave and rejoin the live stream at any time
4. Web vs. mobile experience
On the web app, viewers can use the mini player to stay in the live stream while navigating Flip. A full screen mode is also available.
On mobile:
• In portrait mode, you see the live stream with comments below.
• In landscape mode, the live stream fills the whole screen (without comments).
5. After the live stream
If the live stream was recorded, the video will be automatically added to the post a few minutes later—just like any regular video in Flip.
Data Usage & Participant Limits for Livestreams
When using Flip Livestream, the data consumption depends on video resolution.
Livestreams can scale to large audiences, with viewers measured in the thousands and technically capable of far more. Hosting participants are limited to 16 simultaneous hosts per livestream, but the number of viewers has no strict upper limit.