Mixer NEEDS a better search function. Here's the idea:

Familiarity is key here, so I'm recommending making a search function that is similar to Twitter, Instagram, and even Twitch, by using the "#" function.

Allow ALL streamers to input their own, or predetermined drop down lists, of options that best describe their stream.

Ex. Billy wants to watch RPG games but with a streamer who is chill
So he types "RPG, chill"

It shows results of those streamers who added "RPG" and "Chill" on their account.

This idea works for not just the viewer, but also for Developers, and Industry professionals, as more and more people might add "Indie" to their account, Indie Devs will have an easier time finding those who play indie games regularly.

This also works for Mixer for when they're looking through their partner lists to find individuals who play specific type of games.

This idea can also work very well with another idea I had recently posted as well.
<https://watchmixer.uservoice.com/forums/382521-mixer-feedback-ideas/suggestions/37434655-categories>

Thoughts?

Loading my mobile app up last night on the homepage I noticed a lot of 24/7 streams, sone music/radio, others forza influence farms and others spark farms.

There was a total of 17 24/7 streams out of 30 slots available (Mixer App).

Shouldn't actual content be displayed here rather than streams used only for farming or botting.

When I notice my favourite streamers aren't online I typically check out top streams. Seeing a lot of 24/7 streams here which are always AFK puts me off the search for a new creator to watch and I end up not watching Mixer as it looks like nobody is live but 24/7 farming accounts.

We have Ninja now, can the home page be cleaned up a little and look a bit more proffesional rather than show we have half the top stream slots taken up by farming channels. It would be nice to actually see the top streamers at the time which is what used to happen before forza influence and spark bonus event.

I'm not saying these channels shouldn't exist, just actually let real content creators be featured on the home page of yoyr website and app rather than farming channels as it would put me off watching, imagine how it feels for newcomers.

New user interface is clean and gives viewers more of the streaming screen for viewing pleasure, however the new version makes it more difficult to host (as 3 dots are now missing), purchase games from streamer (as banner is no longer available anywhere on screen), access to see a pink reminder of when subs are expected to expire. All these things made the older version (which is subject to disappear soon) great and user friendly. The new version looks clean but for many viewers who do watch from console it could be frustrating to navigate if they do not have access to mobile device, tablet or PC (web browser) even using Microsoft edge from console is a pain without using a mouse and keyboard.

As an avid mixer viewer I find I have to air my opinion, removal of this app could be one of the worse moves ever. not going to go through the pros and cons because I think the other comments below cover these fully but sacrificing the app just to promote the dashboard version is an horrendous idea, the amount of functions that will go missing that the everyday person uses will force people away from the xbox on to pc which can never be a good idea. just my personal opinion but as all the other posts suggest I not the only person with this view. PLEASE rethink your actions the app has its flaws but they are mininul compare to the dashboard version

Hello guys, recently spoke with support about trying to change my channel name but has been taken by an account that is inactive for 4 years, with 1 follow, being lvl 1. Now i understand the Name release policy, but i feel that requiring 10k+ on twitter, twitch, or youtube is just a bit.. Considering i put my heart into the platform, i've been here for almost a year with 7k follows, and even if i become partnered, i still don't have a right to claim an inactive accounts name for my brand. I have to tolerate a '-' at the end of my user, which may seem petty to most people, but when you really want to take this streaming to the next level, and its your biggest ambition. I feel that inactive accounts for a period of time (like 4 years) should be reset, or at least allow someone else to claim the name. Thank you for reading my issue with this, again i understand the policy. But in this case the account is inactive, and most likely will be used to sell.

When opening the Mixer App over the past couple of weeks I’ve been getting a message saying the experience will be changing and the App discontinued. The gave the new experience a go and there are multiple issues with missing functionality, some minor UI mistakes, differing UX journey’s compared to similar functions located on the Xbox dashboard and an overall poor User Experience that doesn’t feel ready to replace the Mixer App.
Doing some comparisons between the Xbox App and the Mixer tab on the Xbox dashboard, the following highlights missing functionality or minor differences on the Xbox dashboard

Missing sections
• User Profile information - I can’t locate this information anywhere. My username, Mixer level, spark and ember count can’t be viewed. I’m not even sure how it knows my login details but I can confirm I was getting Sparks from watching streams.
• Up and coming - This section promoting small streamers has gone, I can’t locate it

Watching a Streamer
• Mixplay options are not available
• Co-Streams do not display the second streamer
• Host Button & associated functionality is not available
• Ember bonus event and streamer spark count is not displayed
• “Buy to Support” is not available
• Audience rating (All, Teen or 18+) is not displayed
• “Total Views” is not displayed
• Streamer’s “Level” is not displayed
• “Report Chat Message” option is not available
• Chat hearts level, progress & rank is not displayed
• Pause is not available
• Mute is not available
• Playback Options (Low latency, Audio Only, Quality & Report Video Issues) is not available
• Ability to view past streams is not available
• Chat Overlay doesn’t allow users to keep track of conversations between viewers and questions the streamer is answering
• Chat Overlay covers content being streamed

Mixer Tab on Xbox Dashboard (Home Page)
• The new dashboard displays 6 partners compared to the Mixer App displaying 8
• The same 6 partners stay, whilst the App seems to rotate based on time of day or online status
• The dashboard does not show streamer status (all were offline or host at time of testing)

“See who’s streaming” button
• This button loads a page called Top Steams which appears to have replaced the Browse tab found in the Mixer App
• Filter options have been removed (Category, Audience, Language)
• Only 99 streamers are displayed on the dashboard, compared to the 283 streamers on the Xbox App (with at least 1 viewer at time of writing).

“Go to Channel” button
• This appears to be the replacement for the Search functionality in the App
• Search is not dynamic, unlike the existing mixer app and the Xbox Store on the Xbox dashboard.
• Search is a pop-up rather than a new search page. This is a different experience from the Xbox Store on the Xbox dashboard.
• As a result of the above, users can only search for exact User names
• Users are unable to search for Games

“Following” button
• Steams that are “Live Now” are missing their title
• There is no method to view who I am following if they are listed as offline
• The Suggestions section has been removed

Top Games Being Watched
• The top 5 games displayed are not the top 5 games being streamed
o The list displayed Call of Duty (3rd), Minecraft (6th), Fortnite (4th), Read Dead Redemption 2 (19th), Apex Legends (1st) was incorrect and in the wrong order
o Paladins and Music were excluded
• Selecting See All only displays the top 98 games, removing multiple games from the list
• The games list is displayed as tiles 5 across, on a TV this is off-centre and there is enough space for 6 across. For example, the homepage lists the top 5 games and the see all tile making a 6 across list. This is the only place where the margins on the TV didn’t align with the rest of the pages

Partner Spotlight - Xbox App vs Dashboard
• The new dashboard displays 6 partners compared to the Mixer App displaying 8
• The dashboard does not show streamer status (offline)
• All 6 partners were offline (3) or hosting other channels (3)

Watch top live (game name) streams
3 new sections have been displayed promoting, each section displaying the top 3 streamers for these 3 games. What I don’t understand is why these 3 games in particular, they’re not always the games with most viewers, they’re not always the games most streamed, and they’re not games I care about.
• Fortnite was displayed (4th ranked for viewer count, 1st for streamer count) and all 3 streamers were the top 3 streamers
• Call of Duty was displayed (3rd ranked for viewer count, 2nd for streamer count). The top 2 streamers were displayed and the last live streamer was actually offline hosting music
• Fifa 20 was displayed (11th ranked for viewer count, 7th for streamer count). The top 2 were streamers displayed and the last live streamer was offline.

Watch popular non-gaming streams
• Selecting See All is the same as the See All under Top Games Being Watched, displaying all categories and not any additional non-gaming categories

The only reason I use Mixer is bc of the extremely low latency I got when broadcasting it via the Windows 10 game bar, which made it perfect for social streaming. Just got the email today saying they’re phasing it out, and I’ll need to use XSplit or OBS, and be plagued by latency and finicky middleware whenever I want to broadcast a game to my friends. Oh, but I CAN still use the game bar for “screen capture and sharing, controlling your music and audio settings, finding new teammates with Looking for Group (LFG), and chatting with Xbox friends across Xbox console, mobile and PC”, you know, features that ARE done better by 3rd party services like Discord and Nvidia. Without the game bar integration, I’m going back to Twitch.

Currently, the ownership being placed on the viewer to find and turn off notifications for a newly followed channel leads to soft follows. What I mean by this is a user enjoys the new stream enough to give a follow, a day or so later they have a bunch of notifications about "gone live" streams and then do a follow purge to cut down on the flood of notifications.

Suggest defaulting channel notifications to off with a pop-up toggle when the user hits follow to enable or not with a brief description about the feature. Could also add a brief bit about the importance of follows to channels and what it means for them as a potential partner.

Hello Mixer and community, I was a little upset with the new Mixer requirement that got released. I have been streaming for almost 2 years and with 11,800 follows and really wanted to be part of the Mixer Partnership Program. So, the new requirement is saying I have to be eight-teen and that will take 5 more years until I can be a partner. Also, I am upset since I feel like I am missing out on all the new things and just not special or good to be a broadcaster. It also took Mixer 17 days for a response for my application to be reviewed and nothing about my review process. Please remove this requirement. Thanks, Owen

The current Partner requirements are fantastic. It's something to work for. 2,000 followers is easily obtainable if you're willing to put in the work.

I think personally having Mixer Affiliate program would also benefit Mixer as more people may come to the platform.

Here is what I'd like to see the Affiliate program requirements at;
2 months old account
500 or 1000 followers
7 unique days per month
15 hours per month

Being monetized shouldn't be handed out easily. You have to put in work. I know a lot of people are going to say otherwise but why should Mixer give out such exclusivity for people who aren't going to put in the hours and work.

I've been checking out Mixer a bit after watching Ninja's stream. One of the first things I noticed is how the whispering system and the emote situation could be improved. For whispering, it's basically impossible in popular channels (like Ninja's for example) you'll miss your whisper. Twitchs implementation of whispers is awesome, something like that would be very nice to see.

As for emotes, in my opinion Mixer's emotes are really boring and the lack of Better Twitch TV / Franker Face Z emotes is a massive blow. BTTV/FFZ emotes are a massive part of Twitch Chat (I know this is Mixer but Twitch just does it better in my opinion) in a lot of big streamers channels. (Basically all of them, because the emotes are just really good and you can create your own and then submit them for review) Best example of the popularity of these FFZ emotes would be xqcow's chat. Twitch emotes aren't even used anymore, almost all emotes used in chat are from BTTV/FFZ. I hope Mixer contacts the creator of one of those and helps make the addon work for Mixer.

Also, right now if the chat is in slow mode you don't know when you can type again. It's just guessing and when you write the message when your still on cooldown the message is lost. The cooldown should be visible, twitchs implementation of this is also great.

Thanks for listening :)

Right now only partner streamers can earn actual money from people using sparks on their channel. This is not fair for people just starting out. Beginner streamers should have the ability to have smaller tiers to reach of sparks that people use on their channel so they can get small amounts of money.

I would feel so fulfilled if I earned even $1 for streaming for a month, but I can't until I get 2000 followers. Let me start off small with small amounts of monetary reward so I have motivation to work my way up and get paid more as I stream more and grow my followers. Right now it is too steep of a climb to even feel like I have a chance to make money.