Displaying the current song in your stream avoids many questions in your chat and helps you inform your viewers about your current playlist. The Sound Alerts Spotify "Now Playing" widget is a simple overlay that lets you do just that, and we will show you how to set it up in this guide.
What is the Spotify "Now Playing" Stream Overlay?
The Spotify "Now Playing" stream overlay in the Sound Alerts Scene Editor is a simple widget that displays your current Spotify song to your audience so that they can identify the artist and song title. It is fully customizable, including different formats and chat notification settings to easily let it match with the rest of your stream design. You can set it up in all popular broadcast software like OBS, Streamlabs Desktop, Xsplit, Lightstream, or any other tool that supports the implementation of a web or browser source. It also works with any streaming platform, including Twitch, YouTube, and many others.
Setting up the Spotify "Now Playing" Overlay in your Stream
Follow these simple steps to set up your Spotify overlay:
- Visit the Sound Alerts Scene Editor.
- Click "+ Add new Scene" in the top right or select one of your existing scenes.
- Select "Add Widget +".
- Choose "Spotify Now Playing" and select "+ Add".
- Click on the "Connect Spotify" button on the left side and follow the instructions on your screen to connect your account.
- Back in the Scene Editor, use the settings on the left side to adjust the style of your Spotify overlay. Please note that the overlay will only display if a song is currently playing.
- After that, select "Save" in the top right and enter a name for your scene.
- Now, click "Copy Source URL" in the top right. You can add this browser source URL to OBS, Streamlabs Desktop, or other tools by adding it to your source list as a "Browser" or "Web" source and pasting the link.
- Your Spotify overlay will now display on your stream as long as the browser source is visible.
Customizing your Spotify Stream Overlay
The customization settings of the Spotify widget include the following options on the left side of your Scene Editor:
- Position settings: Select the exact position of the overlay in your stream.
- Opacity settings: Decide how visible your overlay should be.
- Style settings: Choose how the Spotify overlay should look with three different styles.
- Display settings: Choose whether the song duration is visible and if the overlay should be visible when a song is paused.
- Chat settings: Decide whether you want to display the current song in your Twitch chat.
