Make the overlay
The TikTok LIVE preset opens the Overlay Suite on a vertical 1080 × 1920 canvas with a goal bar, a subathon timer, alerts and a starting-soon countdown placed between TikTok's name bar at the top and the comments at the bottom. Click Get overlay link and copy it.
TikTok doesn't give outside tools its gifts or comments, so control the goal and timer yourself: open the control link on your phone or as an OBS dock and use the +1 / +5 and +1 min / +5 min buttons.
TikTok LIVE Studio
- Open your scene and click Add source (or + next to Sources).
- Choose Link.
- Paste the overlay link; set the size to 1080 × 1920 for a vertical scene (1920 × 1080 for landscape).
- Click Add source, then stretch it to cover the whole scene.
If the overlay freezes: LIVE Studio's built-in browser has no refresh button. Edit the link source and add something to the end of the URL (like ?r=2 before the #) to force a reload. For a steadier setup, build the scene in OBS and bring it into LIVE Studio as a camera through OBS Virtual Camera.
OBS (with a TikTok stream key)
- Settings → Video: base and output 1080 × 1920.
- Sources → + → Browser, paste the overlay link, width 1080, height 1920.
- Stream with your TikTok stream key.
Sources: Pulsoid: Adding a widget to TikTok LIVE Studio as a Link source; TIKTORY Help: Overlay stuck or not updating in LIVE Studio; TIKTORY Help: OBS Virtual Camera with TikTok LIVE Studio. Checked November 13, 2026. TikTok changes LIVE rules by region and account; the LIVE option in your own app is the final word.