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How to Watch Twitch Live Streams using Nintendo Switch App

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Online gamers find Twitch a helpful resource to improve their gameplay. With more players live streaming their games on Twitch, it is easier to learn tactics and strategies. Users can also broadcast their activities to gain more followers and build their network.

Twitch has become a go-to platform for online gaming and video livestreaming. You can find numerous content from different lifestyle categories, including sports, music, travel, and food, with online video gameplays as the most dominant stream.

Whether you love to be in the spotlight or the sidelines, Twitch has a place for you. You can do a live broadcast on your gameplay or activity and gain subscribers and fans. They can watch you live in action while sharing your screen and interacting through chat. At the same time, you can only watch live Twitch streams.

Now, Twitch is available on Nintendo Switch. It adds more options for users to access the Twitch app and watch live Twitch streams.

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How to Install the New Twitch App to Watch Video Livestreams on Nintendo Switch Game Console

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To start watching Twitch livestreams from any broadcaster or channel on your Nintendo Switch game console, you need to download and install the new Twitch app first. Check out the steps below to how you can do it.

  • Turn on your Nintendo Switch using the Power button.
  • Press the A button to navigate to the home screen.
  • Select the Nintendo eShop button or the orange bag icon.
  • Enter your Nintendo Switch password. 
  • Click OK.
  • Select the Search button.
  • Enter Twitch and click Search.
  • Select the Twitch app.
  • Click Free Download and confirm if necessary. 
  • After downloading the Twitch app, click to open it.

Note that the Twitch app does not have all the features you can see on other Twitch app versions or the Twitch website. You can only watch Twitch streams but not stream your own activities. You cannot even see the chat on your screen. Still, it comes with the Browse tab, Search tab, and Home tab, where you can find Twitch streams to watch.

What do you think of the Twitch app version on Nintendo Switch? Were you looking forward to watching your favorite streams on your mobile console device? We would love to know your opinion, so please write to us in the comment section below.

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Aileen G. M.
Aileen G. M.
A technology writer with a degree in Business Administration majoring in Marketing. Aileen loves creating helpful but simple guides for troubleshooting and fixing complex issues on today's gadgets and services.

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