Public roadmap
What's next
Shipped work, and what's being considered next. Most of this started as an email from someone using the app.
Recently shipped
- The webcam background blur reaches your recordings too, one checkbox before you hit Record. Your webcam file keeps its full resolution, blur and all.
- The app now ships with everything it needs, streaming no longer requires installing ffmpeg. Download, drag, go live.
- Capture your Mac's system audio, one toggle streams and records whatever your Mac plays, mixed under your mic and in sync. No loopback driver.
- The encoder now actually spends the bitrate you give it, a slightly cleaner picture at the same upload speed.
- The webcam background blur runs about three times faster with the exact same look, found by an evolutionary AI and verified pixel by pixel.
- Record the finished composite too, the same scene you would stream with your mic, alongside the clean screen and webcam files.
- A big performance pass that keeps the app smooth and light on your Mac, even in long sessions.
- Automatic updates, the app tells you when a new version is out and installs it with one click, no manual download.
- Self-service device manager, free up a Mac yourself when you switch or lose one.
- Multistream to YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitch, or any RTMPS destination at once, from a single encode.
- Six pre-composed scenes, switchable live from the notch or a hotkey.
Under consideration
BitFocus Companion support
So a Stream Deck (or the + model's rotary knobs) can switch scenes, go live, and control mic gain. Suggested by a user, thanks Mehul. Two paths on the table, a local HTTP/OSC endpoint you could wire up yourself in Companion, or a proper published Companion module with named actions and live feedback.
Virtual camera output
Right now the polished composite only goes out over RTMPS. Expose it as a virtual webcam and the same stage look works in Zoom, Meet, Teams, Riverside, any app with a camera picker. It turns Stage Studio into an always-on better camera for everyday calls, not just a tool for going live.
Webcam background removal, no green screen
Apple's on-device person segmentation can lift you out of your room and place you right on the stage background, no green screen needed. The person standing in the scene, not floating in a rectangle.
Play clips and media
Play an intro or outro clip, roll some b-roll, or drop in a lower-third animation, instead of only live sources. A clean start and finish for a show.
Live chat on screen
Pull comments from YouTube or LinkedIn and put the ones you choose on screen as overlays. A simple way to bring the audience into the stream.
Teleprompter
A script that scrolls over your camera, so you can look down the lens and still stay on message. Small to build, and solo creators love it.
Vertical output for Shorts and Reels
A portrait canvas for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Streaming keeps shifting vertical, and few Mac tools do it well yet.
More control over recordings
Now that recording saves the clean tracks and the composite, the next steps are separate audio tracks, pause and resume, a choice of format and folder, and one-tap clips for social.
Remote guests
Bring a co-host or interviewee into the show. This is the big one. It means WebRTC and a bit of server infrastructure, so it is a deliberate bet rather than a quick add. Tell us if you want it.
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