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After phone verification, enable live streaming in YouTube Studio and check that your channel meets YouTube’s age and standing requirements. Go to Settings → Channel → Feature eligibility, confirm intermediate features are enabled, and allow up to 24 hours for a first stream to become available. You can stream from a computer without meeting the mobile app’s 50-subscriber threshold.
Enable live streaming after phone verification
- Open Feature eligibility. Sign in to YouTube Studio and select Settings → Channel → Feature eligibility.
- Complete phone verification if it is not already complete. Under Intermediate features, select VERIFY PHONE NUMBER. Enter your number and submit the code YouTube sends by text message or voice call. YouTube’s India-specific instructions are at Get “phone verified” as an India-based channel; its general verification instructions are at Verify your YouTube account.
- Check the available feature access. In the same Feature eligibility panel, confirm the relevant live-streaming access is enabled. YouTube lists computer live streaming at the intermediate phone-verification level; higher daily limits are associated with advanced feature access. The current feature-access information is in YouTube’s feature access guide.
- Wait if this is your first time enabling live streaming. YouTube says activation can take up to 24 hours. Check again after that window if the option is still unavailable.
For an India-based channel, YouTube says phone verification also adds a “phone verified” label to the channel’s About page that is visible to users in India. This label reflects phone identity confirmation; it does not by itself override other live-stream eligibility rules.
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Check the requirements that phone verification does not replace
- Channel standing: YouTube requires no live-streaming restrictions on the channel in the previous 90 days.
- Age: YouTube’s live-streaming requirements specify that the creator must be at least 16.
- Method-specific access: The mobile app has additional requirements beyond the general channel activation.
See YouTube’s current overview in Get started with live streaming. Requirements and Studio labels can change, so the channel’s Feature eligibility panel is the practical place to confirm its current status.
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Choose how to start your first stream
| Method | What to do | Additional requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Computer webcam | In YouTube, choose Create → Go Live → Webcam. | A webcam is required. YouTube describes this as a way to stream from a computer without live-stream encoding software. See Create a live stream via webcam. |
| Encoder | Choose the encoder workflow in YouTube’s live-streaming interface and configure your streaming software. | YouTube supports encoder streaming; the channel must still meet its live-stream eligibility requirements. See Get started with live streaming. |
| Console | Start a stream using the console workflow supported by YouTube. | Live-stream eligibility still applies. Consult YouTube’s live-streaming overview for the available setup paths. |
| YouTube mobile app | In the app, choose Create → Live. | At least 50 subscribers, channel verification, no live-stream restriction in the previous 90 days, a compatible device, and live streaming turned on. YouTube lists Android 8.0+ or iOS 8+ for mobile. See Create a live stream on mobile. |
The 50-subscriber minimum applies to the mobile app method, not to computer webcam streaming. If you have fewer than 50 subscribers, check eligibility in Studio and use a computer route if it is available to your channel.
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Why “Go Live” may still be missing
- Verification is incomplete: Return to Settings → Channel → Feature eligibility and check whether intermediate features are enabled. Finish the phone-code step if prompted.
- Activation is still processing: If you just enabled live streaming, wait up to 24 hours before troubleshooting further.
- The channel has a live restriction: Check channel standing and any YouTube notices. Policy violations, copyright matches to another live broadcast, and other conditions can result in live-streaming access being turned off. See Avoid restrictions on YouTube live streaming.
- You are trying to stream from a phone: Verify the mobile requirements, including the 50-subscriber minimum and compatible operating system, rather than relying only on phone verification.
- You are trying another channel to get around an active restriction: YouTube says creators cannot evade an active live-stream restriction by using another channel. Resolve the restriction through YouTube’s stated process instead.
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Does phone verification show on my India-based channel?
YouTube says it adds a “phone verified” label to the channel’s About page, visible to users in India.
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YouTube’s mobile app route requires at least 50 subscribers. Check whether a computer streaming method is available to your channel instead.
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