Watch a live

Anyone signed in to CageCheck can watch lives and chat. You don't need a verified ID to watch.

Find a live

• Feed: when someone you can see is live, round pictures with a red ring and a LIVE tag appear at the top of the Feed. Tap one to watch, or tap All lives to see every live.
• Live page: on a computer or tablet, tap Live in the menu. Live now lists lives from people you follow and lives open to everyone. Tap Refresh to check again. On a wide screen, the Live now box on the right shows them too.
• Notifications: when someone you follow goes live, you get a notification.
• Posts and profiles: a live shows in the feed as a post with a Watch button, and the host's profile picture has a LIVE badge.
• A link: a host can share their live's link with you. Anyone signed in can watch with it.

Watching

On a phone, the video fills the screen and the chat floats over it. On a computer, the chat sits on the right.

• Tap Follow next to the host's name to follow them.
• If you can't hear anything, tap Tap for sound. Some browsers start videos muted.
• The eye icon shows how many people are watching.
• If the video drops, tap Reconnect.
• If you open the same live in another tab or on another device, the first one stops. Tap Watch here to switch back.

Chat

Type in Send a message and tap send. Messages can be up to 300 characters. The host's messages have a HOST tag, and people watching from a public link have a 🌐 Public tag.

On a phone, tap Hide chat to see the whole video and Chat to bring the chat back. If you've scrolled up, tap the "new messages" button to jump to the latest.

To delete one of your own messages, tap ⋯ next to it, then Delete. It disappears for everyone.

If the box says Chat is off, the host has turned the chat off for now.

Join on camera

If you have a verified ID, you can ask to join the host on camera:

1. Tap Join on camera. The host sees that you want to join. Tap Lower hand if you change your mind.
2. If the host invites you, you'll see their invitation. Tap Join on camera to go on, or Not now.
3. Everyone watching can now see and hear you. Use Mute and Camera off whenever you like.
4. Tap Leave stage to go back to watching at any time.

The host can also invite you without you asking, and can take you off camera. An invitation expires after 2 minutes; if you miss it, ask again. Don't have a verified ID yet? See Verify your ID.

Leave

Tap the X at the top (phones) or Back (computers). The live carries on without you.

When a live ends, you see how long it ran and how many people watched at most, with Back to the feed and a button to view the host's profile.

If something's wrong

• To report the host, tap Report.
• To report someone in the chat, tap ⋯ next to their message, then Report.

A moderator looks at every report. See Live safety for more.