Guide (basic)

Before you start using Live Switcher Mobile

When using Live Switcher Mobile, install the app on all smartphones you will be connecting.
The Live Switcher Mobile app does not provide live streaming services. To live stream, you will need to set up a video streaming platform like YouTube separately.
In this guide, the smartphone used for switching screens and streaming is referred to as the "main smartphone," and the smartphone used as a camera to send images to the main smartphone is referred to as the "secondary smartphone."
Live streaming on the plattforms may change, stop, or terminate without notice. Please confirm their latest streaming condition.
Please note in advance that Canon does not assume any responsibilities for services provided by third parties.

1 Send the camera feed to the main smartphone.

Compatible camera models

For supported models, see here. [click here]

Items required

The camera and smartphone (iPhone, iPad) must be connected to the same network, requiring a Wi-Fi router connection.
The following steps explain the connection procedure using one Canon camera as an example. You can connect up to three cameras, and you can also use them together with a smartphone.
To connect to a Canon camera, please install the app (Ver. 1.1 or later) in advance.

First, we will introduce the steps to power on the Canon camera and set it up to connect to Live Switcher Mobile.

Turn on the Camera Power.

Switch to "Shooting mode".

Press the "MENU Button".

Select the "Live Switcher Mobile streaming" menu displayed on the camera's rear LCD screen under the communication functions tab.

Press the "OK" button.

Select the "Connect" menu.

Select the "Add a device to connect to" menu.

Select the same network to which the smartphone is connected.

Once the connection standby screen is displayed, proceed to the settings of Live Switcher Mobile.

Next, we will introduce the steps to launch Live Switcher Mobile and display the Canon camera's feed.

Launch Live Switcher Mobile.

Tap the "Primary smartphone" button.

Choose whether to stream vertically or horizontally and tap the "OK" button.

Tap the "Add Camera" button.

Tap the "Canon Camera" button.

The connection standby screen will be displayed, so wait in this state until the camera is detected.

Tap the name of the camera to connect.

Confirm that the smartphone name is displayed, then proceed to the camera operation.

Confirm that the smartphone name displayed on Live Switcher Mobile is the same, and press the "OK" button.

A message saying "Connect to a camera?" will be displayed on Live Switcher Mobile, so press the "OK" button.

Confirm that the camera feed is displayed on Live Switcher Mobile. The setup for sending the camera feed to Live Switcher Mobile is now complete.

2 Sending camera footage from the secondary smartphone to the main smartphone

On the main smartphone, select connecting to the secondary smartphone. On the secondary smartphone, give permission to connect and enter the IP address to share camera footage.

3 Adjusting the sound of the microphone

Starting with Live Switcher Mobile Ver. 1.5, a dedicated Audio tab for audio settings is now available.
In the Audio tab, you can view audio from connected secondary smartphones and video sources in one place. You can also adjust the volume and turn audio on or off for each source.

1. Drag the volume slider up or down to adjust the volume.

2. Tap the speaker icon to turn the audio on or off.

4 Creating captions and saving them as images

Live Switcher Mobile includes a text overlay feature that lets you register entered text and display it during a live stream. You can also import and register still images from your photo library, then display them on the streaming screen in the same way as text overlays.

5 Setting up a streaming platform and starting live streaming

Live Switcher Mobile is not an app that provides a live streaming service.
When live streaming, set a video streaming platform such as YouTube or Facebook as the streaming destination, and decide your audience and title.

Ver. 1.2 adds support for Twitch. See below for how to stream on Twitch.

Tap the navigation menu

Select streaming platform

Select Twitch

Enter your account info

If an authentication screen appears, tap Allow

Make the live stream settings and tap Done

6 Displaying/hiding saved caption images on the streaming screen

You can choose to display or hide the caption images saved as content in "4 Creating captions and saving them as images" by tapping them at the appropriate time during streaming. Up to ten caption images and still images can be displayed at the same time.

Tap the thumbnail of the caption image displayed in the content area at the desired time.

The caption image will be displayed. Tap the thumbnail once more to hide it.

You can "delete" it by pressing and holding the thumbnail.

7 Edit the Layout of the Main Video and Picture in Picture

Starting with Ver. 1.5, released on September 14, 2026, you can edit layouts.

Key Changes:
- The previous "Picture in Picture" tab has been removed.
- You can now perform these actions more easily using the B button.

Tap the B button on the video source you want to display as Picture in Picture.
- B ON: Show Picture in Picture
- B OFF: Hide Picture in Picture

Select the layout you want to use from the layout list highlighted in red.
-The selected layout will be applied to the live stream.
-You can save up to three layouts.

Tap Layout Edit.
In Edit mode, you can freely adjust the position, size, and display area of Video A and Video B.

Use a pinch gesture to resize the video.

Drag the video to move it to the desired position.

Tap Crop to display only the desired area of the video.
*While Crop mode is enabled, you cannot move, zoom, or resize the video.
*Tap Crop again to exit Crop mode.

Once you have finished adjusting the video, tap Confirm to save the layout.

[B Video On/Off Setting]

When B Video is turned off, you can create a layout that displays only Video A.
*If you save the layout with B Video turned off, the B button will be grayed out and unavailable.
To restore B Video, select the layout, tap Edit, and turn B Video back on.

[Overlay Visibility Setting]

If captions or text overlays have already been added to the stream, you can temporarily hide them.

Note:

When displaying PinP (Picture in Picture), in addition to camera footage from the secondary smartphone, you can also display images and videos stored on your smartphone.

Attention:

When the app is moved into the background, the connection to the secondary smartphone will be discontinued. For this reason, we recommend that you set up the streaming platform and share the streaming URL before connecting the secondary smartphone.