OBS updates your status automatically
Start recording or streaming in OBS and Presence changes to Recording within seconds. Stop the production and your normal status logic takes over again.
RECORDING + LIVE STREAMING · OBS FOR MAC AVAILABLE NOW
When the production is live, the people around you should know.
Presence recognizes when OBS Studio starts recording or streaming on a connected Mac and automatically updates your status everywhere Presence appears. The Chrome beta adds YouTube Live Control Room and other supported browser studios.
FOR CREATORS, CHURCHES, STUDIOS, AND LIVE TEAMS
One clear answer before someone interrupts.
Presence combines only the availability connections you approve into one simple, privacy-safe status. The people around you see whether now is a good time—not the private details behind the answer.
One signal reaches every Presence view
A supported browser production can update a private family link, office display, TRMNL-ready feed, or team and Reception View.
Production content stays out of Presence
The OBS and Chrome connections do not collect scenes, sources, broadcast titles, guests, destinations, chat, audio, video, recordings, or stream keys. They report only the supported studio, mode, and whether that mode is active.
SET IT UP ONCE
Presence works quietly in the background.
- 1Connect the Presence Mac helper
Install or update the helper from your dashboard, then enable OBS’s built-in local WebSocket server. Presence discovers the local settings automatically.
- 2Use OBS normally
Simply opening OBS does not change your status. Presence waits until recording or streaming actually begins.
- 3Start recording or go live
Presence switches to Recording within seconds. When you stop, control returns to meetings, calls, calendars, working hours, or your manual choice.
PRIVACY FIRST
Availability is shared. Calendar details are not.
Meeting titles, attendees, call participants, precise coordinates, chat, recordings, audio, and video stay out of shared views. Every user controls their own connections and links.
COMMON QUESTIONS
What people want to know.
Does opening OBS mark me as Recording?
No. Presence waits until OBS is actively recording or streaming. Opening OBS, arranging scenes, or preparing a production does not change your status.
Can Presence see what I am broadcasting?
No. Presence does not access the broadcast, camera, microphone, guests, chat, title, destinations, or recording. It uses only the limited active-state control on the supported studio page.
Which production tools are supported?
The Mac companion supports OBS Studio through its built-in local WebSocket server. Chrome v0.3 beta supports YouTube Live Control Room, StreamYard, Riverside, and Restream Studio. Windows OBS support requires a future Windows companion.
Does Presence receive my OBS password?
No. The Presence Mac helper reads the local OBS connection settings and uses the password only on that Mac. Presence receives only connected, recording, and streaming state.
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