Broadcasting from your phone

Mobile broadcasting is fully supported on Camila. For models who travel, who broadcast outdoors, or who simply prefer the flexibility of a phone, you can go live from your phone in under a minute.

Supported devices

• iPhone XS and newer, running iOS 16+. Older iPhones can't hardware-encode at our quality bar.
• Android phones from 2020 or newer, running Android 11+, with at least 4 GB RAM.
• iPads — work great. The bigger screen makes managing chat in landscape much easier.
• Android tablets can work but cameras and codecs vary widely; test before relying on it.

Going live

1. Open camila.live on your phone, log into your model account.
2. Go to Model Dashboard → Go Live.
3. The browser will ask for camera and microphone permissions — grant both.
4. Pick the front or rear camera (toggle in the broadcast preview).
5. Pick a quality preset (1080p drains battery faster; 720p is the sweet spot for mobile).
6. Connect any toys you're using (Lovense Connect app on the same phone — you can run both at once).
7. Tap Go Live.

Mobile-specific tips for looking and sounding your best

Stabilise the phone. A handheld phone wobbling for an hour is exhausting to watch. A small tripod ($20) holds the phone at the right height. Or a phone-clip stand. Or a stack of books and a binder clip. Stable matters more than fancy.

Light the phone, not the wall. Phone cameras crank up the gain in low light, which produces grainy, oversaturated images. A single ring light in front of you lets the phone use its lower ISO and the result is dramatically better.

Use a separate mic. Phone mics are okay-not-great for cam work, especially at a distance. A wired earbud mic works in a pinch. A small Bluetooth lavalier ($30) is a meaningful upgrade. The DJI Mic Mini and Hollyland Lark M1 are popular among mobile streamers.

Vertical or horizontal? Vertical ("portrait") is what your audience expects from mobile content (TikTok, IG Live habits). Horizontal looks more cinematic and matches our desktop player better. Try both, see which gets more follows.

Don't lock the screen. When the screen locks the broadcast pauses. Disable auto-lock in Settings while you're broadcasting. Battery will drain faster — plug in.

What you can't do as well on mobile

• Multi-camera switching — single camera at a time on phone. Desktop with OBS handles multi-cam.
• OBS-style scenes/overlays — graphics, alerts, ticker overlays. These need a desktop or a hardware encoder.
• High-end audio mixing — multiple mic sources, compression, EQ.
• Background app multitasking — most phones aggressively pause background apps to save battery, which can interrupt your broadcast or your toy connection.

For most models, none of these matter. If you do a chat-and-vibe show, mobile is enough. If you do produced content with overlays and alerts, a desktop setup is worth the investment.

Camila Mobile broadcasting modes

In the broadcast preview you'll see three modes:

• Standard — phone camera, phone mic, Camila Connect for toys
• Smart Mirror — your phone broadcasts the video while another device manages chat and tips on a bigger screen (handy if you want to read chat without squinting)
• Hybrid — laptop runs the chat and dashboard, phone is the camera input via continuity-camera or USB tether

Each mode has setup notes inside the dashboard. Smart Mirror is the most popular among models who travel.

Battery and signal

Streaming video is heavy. Two practical things:

• Plug in. Always. Mobile broadcasting on battery alone gives you 60–90 minutes; plugged in, you can broadcast indefinitely.
• 5G beats 4G beats 3G beats hotel WiFi. If you're in a hotel, use your phone's 5G as a hotspot for a laptop instead of the hotel's WiFi.

Going live for the first time on mobile

Run a private test broadcast first. The dashboard's Go Live page has a Test broadcast toggle that lets you preview privately. Check framing, audio, lighting, and toy connection. Once it looks right, end the test and go live for real.