I assume there is no audio only option on PC cause ads? Just make it a turbo benefit then.

This would be great especially for viewing streams where multiple video quality options are not available. A friend is currently streaming at 1080p, but my internet sucks and it keeps skipping. They aren't using voice chat or a webcam, and we are just chatting by text - and I'd love to be able to hide the video altogether or just have the audio from it.

There have been many times ive had to click away from small streamers for this exact reason. They dont get quality options a lot of the time and 1080p 60 fps is too much internet to be using in the background.

At the time of typing this, my laptop can't render the video of my desired stream at 160p. As a result, the broadcast is frozen, it won't/can't process ads either and may eventually force me to give up my would-be watch time hours (meaning lost money for Twitch, lost potential ad views for third-party clients, lost watch time and engagement for the streamer, and dissatisfaction from a viewer). This is the biggest kind of loss. I can watch and receive ads without quality of life features that other suggestions might mention, but not being able to use Twitch at all because I have to stream video that I don't necessarily need-? There's no good side to this feature being absent. There is however an unknown amount of lost watch time as a result of this --as it's often a minority of people who go through this whole process and do so correctly.

Allow audio-only in the browser version of twitch

Just like the apps, allow audio-only in browsers!

I hope our comments are heard and this feature becomes available soon for pc user. We'll be very thankful

For now, there are extensions like Twitch Radio Mode. I use it to preserve absurdly expensive US data while away from home.

Easy and important!

So, I have access to audio only in the video settings on my mobile app on my phone while I'm watching a stream. However, when I am on my browser watching from my desktop the feature isn't there, and I thought to myself, why doesn't the browser twitch have this as an option as many people may not have encoding, and their viewers may just want to at least listen to the stream. Some viewers don't have the bandwidth to crank out 1080p download to watch stream, so I think it would be a good addition, it should be quite quick to add as well, considering it is already in the mobile app.

I think a good idea would be to create "audio only streams" for things such as podcasts, interviews, or for just normal conversation. The streamer would be able to stream with just a microphone, engage with their audience on a more personal level, answer questions from chat, possibly even have the ability to add others into the stream as well, similar to a radio station taking calls from viewers.

give it us guys pls c'mon

ye we rly need this

The ability to stream audio in a channel pages “chat”. This would make it easier for people who watch streams on their TV and using their phone to chat, they could have the audio played on their phone so they won’t disturb anyone else.

we need this for sure

6 years later and we still need this

I also like this idea

+1

This feature is so needed. It's on mobile so why not pc. It really helps decrease power consumption, data/bandwidth usage, and helps increase performance for us multitaskers by eliminating video rendering in background for gaming and listening to streams.

+1