Smoothcast
Platform features
What viewers and creators can do on Smoothcast. A structured version for search engines and AI assistants is available at features.json.
Documentation reviewed 27 October 2026. Checkout terms and current permissions govern availability; test payments, planned capabilities and demonstrations are not proof of live purchase fulfillment.
Watching
- Live channels, 24/7 programmed channels and full-length replays
- Landscape and portrait (Vue2 combined format) viewing modes
- Category and subcategory browsing, tags and unified search with numbered voice selection
- Optional TV Portal appearance, ambient glow and glass chat
- Channel subscriptions with ad-free viewing and enhanced quality options
- Sound-on autoplay with an explicit viewer opt-out
Creating and earning
- Live streaming with RTMP, SRT and WebRTC (WHIP) ingest
- 24/7 continuous channels with daily chat resets
- Full-length replays with non-destructive trims, and clips of 60 seconds or less
- Subscriptions in five tiers, gifted subscriptions and Drops tips
- Staff-reviewed sponsorship offers, channel awards, package checkout and delivery approval; creator dashboards show confirmed receipts separately from approval
- Advertising with per-category ad minutes; subscribers skip ads. Sponsor artwork is enabled separately from billable ads
- Creators keep 75% of the billed amount after applicable processing charges and taxes
- Fair Billing Agreement caps protect creators and viewers from card fraud
Studio and production
- Five workspace levels: Quick Launch, Live Studio, Production Studio, AI Studio and Remote Venue production
- Media overlays with per-overlay delivery: live-only, sent to the encoder, or off
- Light and colour correction for received streams and overlays
- Production audio mixer, MIDI lighting cues and multi-guest calls
Themes and personalization
- Customizable viewing themes such as America - The Republic, Fur Babies and Smoothcast Default
- Video-loop backgrounds on desktop and gentle stills on mobile
AI production
- AI Studio for AI-produced channels and scenes
- AI image and graphics generation, private by default until published
- AI packs of 300/$9.95 and 1,200/$24.95; monthly plan of 650 credits/$14.95, USD before tax
- Private provider-rendering drafts and separate prepaid balances; paid execution remains restricted pending verified spending safeguards
Venues and remote production
- Remote venue groups with multiple cameras per site
- Device status lights, timed test bars and queued remote commands
- Digital signage boards, including weather and radar
Scheduled and published content
- Scheduled linear shows and segments that start independently of viewers
- Looped playout channels built from published replays
- Show, season and episode tracking with TV Guide listings
Family safety
- Parent/guardian-managed Family accounts for minors
- Parent-controlled viewing days, time windows and total weekly hours
- Restricted chat, messages and purchases for child accounts
- Parent approval and a connected authenticator before a minor can stream
- Consent history, parent data review/deletion requests and withdrawal; best-effort safeguards, not verified legal compliance