How to stream a GoPro to Twitch, Kick or YouTube with your iPhone
Updated · 3 min read · By Suhail Saqan
Quick answer
In Swae, open Settings › Gear › GoPro. Put the GoPro in pairing mode (swipe down, then Connections › Connect Device), tap Add, have it join your iPhone's Personal Hotspot, and tap Send video to Swae, then Use on your scene. The GoPro sends its picture to your iPhone over Wi‑Fi, and Swae adds your chat, alerts and overlays and sends it to Twitch, Kick or YouTube.
How it works
A GoPro can't show your chat or alerts, and its own live streaming goes to one place with nothing on top. With Swae, the GoPro is just the camera. It sends its picture to your iPhone over Wi‑Fi, and your iPhone does the rest: scenes, overlays, alerts, switching between the GoPro and the phone's own cameras, and the upload over cellular.
Swae finds the GoPro with Bluetooth, then tells it which Wi‑Fi to join. Usually that's your iPhone's own Personal Hotspot, so it works anywhere, with no other network around.
What you need
- A GoPro that can live stream, charged.
- An iPhone with iOS 18 or later and Swae (free).
- Personal Hotspot on your iPhone's plan, for streaming away from Wi‑Fi.
- A platform set up in Swae: Twitch, Kick or YouTube.
Connect the GoPro
- Open the GoPro page in Swae. Settings › Gear › GoPro. The first time, tap Find my GoPro so Swae can use Bluetooth; after that it looks by itself.
- Put the GoPro in pairing mode. Turn it on. On most GoPros, swipe down, then Connections › Connect Device.
- Add it. When Swae finds your GoPro, tap Add.
- Pick the Wi‑Fi it joins. For your hotspot, enter the name and password from your iPhone's Settings › Personal Hotspot, and keep that page open while the GoPro joins. Or pick a network from Networks the GoPro can see.
- Send its video to Swae. Tap Send video to Swae, then Use on your scene. The GoPro becomes the camera in that scene.
- Go live. Tap GO LIVE on the camera, check the review, and go.
The GoPro can't see your hotspot? On your iPhone, turn Personal Hotspot off in Settings, and turn the GoPro off. Turn Personal Hotspot back on and stay on that page for about 10 seconds, then turn the GoPro on. Back in Swae, the hotspot should now be in the networks the GoPro can see.
Make it a show
- Switch cameras live. Keep the GoPro on the bike or helmet and your iPhone's front camera for talking to chat. Make a scene for each and switch with one tap.
- Put your face in a corner. Add a Second camera layer with the iPhone's front camera, so viewers see the trail and you at once.
- Show the numbers. Speed, distance, height and a live map can go on screen as layers, and heart rate from a monitor.
- Add chat and alerts. Your first Twitch or Kick stream gets them automatically. (How to add more.)
Keep it live on the move
Trails and mountains are where cellular signal comes and goes. Leave quality on Automatic, and for long rides stream through Swae Relay: it bonds Wi‑Fi and cellular, and when the signal drops, viewers see your Reconnecting screen instead of an offline player.
Questions
Which GoPros work?
GoPros that can live stream. Swae finds them with Bluetooth and sets up the Wi‑Fi for you.
Does the GoPro need its own internet?
No. The GoPro only talks to your iPhone, over the iPhone's hotspot or a Wi‑Fi you're both on. Your iPhone does the upload.
Can I use a DJI Osmo instead?
Yes. Settings › Gear › DJI cameras works the same way, with the Osmo Action 3, Action 4, Action 5 Pro and Osmo Pocket 3. Make sure no other app, like DJI Mimo, is connected to the camera.
Can I stream a drone?
Yes, any drone or camera that sends RTMP. Swae runs an RTMP server on your iPhone that the drone streams to (Settings › Gear › Network cameras, with Advanced settings on).