Twitch Squad Streams makes streaming more social.

Twitch debuts Squad Stream to put four streamers in one screen

Twitch is launching Squad Stream, a new feature that lets up to four people to simultaneously stream their videos in a single screen window to fans. It enables players to team up in a squad and play popular games for a stream that goes to one large audience.

The new product is part of Amazon-owned Twitch’s ambition to be the leader in multiplayer entertainment, providing viewers, streamers, and communities more ways to play, collaborate and watch together.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.