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Retro iMessage-Style Chat Overlay
This retro iMessage-style chat overlay brings back the glossy gel bubbles of the classic iPhone, shine and all, for your live chat. It comes with nine ready-made themes, from SMS Green to Terminal, and installs in StreamElements from a sharing link or by hand.
$10.00 USD
Instant digital download
What's included
- PDF guide with the StreamElements sharing link
- Instructions for the sharing link and for a manual install
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Fields files to install by hand
- Nine themes you can paste into the widget's Data tab
- Needs only a free StreamElements account
the details
About the Retro iMessage-Style Chat Overlay
Before flat design, iPhone text bubbles looked like candy: rounded, glossy, with a bright highlight across the top. This overlay rebuilds that look for live chat. Messages stack like a phone conversation, usernames sit above the bubbles in iMessage-style gray, and the gel shine on every bubble does the nostalgic work on its own. In the preview, chat reacts the way you'd expect, with lines like 'my first phone looked like this'.
The nine themes are where this retro iMessage chat overlay changes character, from SMS Green and Terminal to Bubblegum and Sunset. Paste one into the widget's Data tab to apply it, then fine-tune from there: bubble color, text color, any Google Font, text size and the maximum bubble width. Switching looks for a themed night is a paste, not a rebuild.
You decide who lands on the right: the streamer, moderators, VIPs or subscribers, and an Invert sides switch mirrors the whole layout. A time separator appears after chat goes quiet for the minutes you set, with a clock format that can follow the system locale and an option to add the date. Commands and accounts on an ignore list stay hidden, messages can vanish after a set number of seconds, and a new-message sound can play from a file you upload; that sound isn't part of the download.
what you get
Highlights
Glossy gel bubbles
Rounded bubbles with the shine of the classic iPhone era, styled for a stream chat column instead of a phone screen.
Nine ready themes
Midnight, Terminal, Sunset, Bubblegum, SMS Green, Paper White, Classic Gray, iMessage Blue and Twitch Purple.
Pick the right side
Send the streamer, mods, VIPs or subs to the right, or flip the whole layout with the Invert sides switch.
Time after a pause
A time separator returns when chat has been quiet for a set number of minutes, with the date as an option.
Auto-hide and bot filter
Hide commands, keep listed bot accounts out, cap the messages on screen and remove each one after a set time.
setup
How to set it up
Open the PDF guide and click the StreamElements sharing link to add the widget to your account.
Prefer manual? In an overlay, add Static/Custom, then Custom Widget, and drop each file into its matching tab.
For a different look, paste one of the nine themes into the Data tab.
Save, copy the overlay URL and paste it into a new OBS browser source.
questions
FAQ
Does it come with a message sound?
No. You can switch on a sound for new messages, upload your own file and set the volume, but the sound file itself isn't part of the download.
Is it affiliated with Apple?
No. It's an independent design in the iMessage style. Apple, Twitch, StreamElements and OBS have no connection to it and don't endorse it.
Do I need a paid StreamElements plan?
No. A free StreamElements account is all it needs. Install it from the sharing link in the guide, or add the files to a Custom Widget yourself.
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