Until the most recent update to the Android app, notifications were in the following format:

Title: <Streamer> is streaming <Category>!
Text: <Streamer's 'Go Live Notification' message>

This was mostly fine, though with longer usernames or certain categories, it could be unclear which game was being played - but depending on what the streamer wrote for their Go Live Notification (GLN), it could be clarified just by pulling the notification down and reading the text section.

But now with the latest version of the app, the notification comes in two flavours, seemingly at random. Either:

Title: <Streamer> is live: <GLN>
Text: Streaming <Category>

or

Title:
Text: <Streamer> is live: <GLN>

So half the time you can't see more than the first few words of the GLN (not even by pulling the notification down), and the other half has no notification title and doesn't display the category at all! This makes them far less informative than before, while also using space less effectively, which is why it should be changed back.

If the one problem with the old format (category being cut off) was so bad that it needed altering, then swapping it with the GLN only makes the same issue worse. A far better solution would be to move the category to the text section, but keep the GLN there too, making it look something like this:

Title: <Streamer> is live!
Text: (<Category>) <GLN>

Play In Background claims it will switch to audio only mode when the screen is locked. I have it enabled.

When I have the app open and I lock the screen or swipe down from tho top of the screen to open the iOS notification center, the audio does continue playing.

When I leave the app while a stream is playing, the stream continues playing in a picture-in-picture mode. If I then lock the screen or open the iOS notification center, the playback pauses rather than switching to audio only mode and continuing.

This is especially annoying when pressing play on the lock screen fails to work because the app lost the stream connection or something like that. Then I have to enter my password, unlock the phone, switch to the Twitch app, start the stream again, and lock the phone.

This happens on iPhone 7 on iOS 14.7.1 when using Twitch app 11.5.

The mobile app really sucks at the moment if I’m being honest but I fell like the problems can be fixed. One thing is the chat and stream and how all that work. I don’t know if this is just me but the chat it about 10 seconds ahead of the stream for some reason. I always see chat answers questions the streamer asked like 10 seconds before they asked them and it makes chat pretty useless in mobile. Another thing that’s bad on mobile is the twitch predictions. I’m having a lot of fun betting on different things in channels I watch but on mobile you legit can’t bet high amounts. You can get to like 1k in a minute because on mobile you have to spam click add 10. Please just and the custom amounts on mobile too just like you have it on pc.

On the tablet version of the iOS Twitch mobile app, chat is normally positioned to the right side of the screen and is about the same width as on desktop.

https://i.imgur.com/fYfgftd.jpg

When the software keyboard is enabled, chat expands to fill the upper-right quadrant of the screen while the stream stays in the upper left quadrant, which is normal.

https://i.imgur.com/iVGTXjI.png

However, when a hardware keyboard is connected, the software keyboard does not appear while typing; unfortunately, the chat still expands to fill half of the available screen real estate, minimizing the stream to the left.

https://i.imgur.com/iEwcIKR.png

Frustratingly, the screen has to be tapped or the trackpad must be clicked in order to restore the stream to its normal viewing size. This must be done after every chat message, or else the stream will remain minimized to the left.

It would be great if, when a hardware/bluetooth keyboard is connected, the chat could stay in its normal position on the right while typing. The chatbox is still large enough to type in this position, since it is about the same size as on the phone version of the app in portrait mode.

Screenshots were taken on an iPad Pro 12.9” with the Magic Keyboard. This behavior also happens when using any bluetooth keyboard.