Once logged in GIVE US an option to HIDE the chat when the game is in the forefront. If we wanna check chat, we can then pull back using the XBOX button (As we do now when switching games without stopping the stream) & then snap the Twitch app to the forefront on OUR screen

If done right, it would give us the same display we see on our end now YET TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD, it would be as if we did nothing except read the chat because the game would still be in full screen to viewers

THIS WAY we get the advantage of having FULL SCREEN display as we play our games

THE ONLY DRAWBACK is we'd have to periodically pause to check chat (Something which I know would be a HUGE problem to the big guns BUT if they're as savvy when it comes to Internet chat as they are at gaming, they'd know there's MORE THAN ONE WAY tro skin the rabbit that is Twitch TV chat - One such way is TWIRCH LITE - An UNOFFICIAL Android based app that logs you onto your Twitch account & allows you to access Twitch chat using an Android device)

Thoughts ??

For example: I love playing TESV: Skyrim.
The broadcaster's overlay used to be in the lower center of the screen, blocking view of the HEALTH bar. Now it's in the lower right of the screen, blocking view of the MONEY during trading. I cannot use the current Xbox One Twitch app to directly stream Skyrim.

Pick any game. Pick your favorite game. Its Heads Up Display and various menus shows critical information to the player during the process of playing the game. The current Twitch broadcasting overlay takes access to that information away from a streamer. We want access to that information back. Here's how:

1. Please allow the broadcasting overlay to be moved. We'll appreciate the option to place that purple bar anywhere on the screen.
2. The overlay is not required to stay opaque. If it were available to be made transparent with a slider, that'd be most beneficial.
3. Included in #2 the slider should include complete invisibility, for when we just don't care to see it at all.
4. It'd also be nice to alternatively switch the bar into the simplest of "Live" red dots, also moveable and with the function of an opacity slider.

We'll all greatly enjoy these huge but simple improvements to the Xbox One broadcasting overlay. Thank you!

The redesigned app on PS4 as of April 26th, 2018 has limited the amount of channels you can view when browsing games. Now you only see 3 channels at a time on screen. It doesn't matter if its on a 75" 4k or a smaller 43" 1080 or 4k screen.

This has made it a huge pain to browse to through dozens of channels to see if theres any specific one I want to browse. I'm much less apt to throw on a different game or new streamer now with this inability to navigate and browse streams with the redesign. I believe this is due to the redesign favoring pure aesthetics over actual functionality.

Please add an option to change channel view so anyone that may want to see more than 3 channels can toggle to a view similar to one of the older views, which was much more functional, or to see a grid of channels opposed to a side by side of enlarged square tiles.

Not really a new idea, but it's one that's been going for close to 2 years already. When Twitch revamped it's site to be functional only through Javascript, the PS4 app got an update to fix that problem after a few months of being broken, however the PS3 app was left in the dust... I went over this for weeks with Twitch reps & got an unsatisfactory response stating that they were choosing not to fix it. I replied to that response stating that I had a petition started to show others that wanted it fixed, it was stated to me that I would need to direct that petition to these boards to have it considered. I decided to wait until I had at least 100 signatures before I would supply it as support towards getting the issue fixed. As of 2 days ago, that petition now has 100 digital signatures (expected to continue rising as the app continues to remain broken) & can be found at https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/fix-the-ps3-twitchtv-app . Additionally, I have this petition linked off of my own channel in a rather large list of public suggestions meant to be directed at Twitch developers, as well as on my Twitch blog on Blogspot (also linked off of my own channel & through a !blog chat command with StreamElements).

Ever since the update, I haven't been able to use the app to watch any vods/rebroadcasts, and even watching streams is difficult. For vods, it will load up, then play six ads in a row (not exaggerating), go back to the vod, then load another six ads in a never-ending cycle until the app crashes. You can skip ahead for a little bit, which prevents the ads from rolling again for about five minutes..

For streaming, again, ads play every four to five minutes as the stream gets reset until the app inevitably crashes.

I get that most of the revenue comes from ads, but this is ridiculous. Please fix so I can use my system for Twitch again.