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How to Enable Channel Points on Twitch in 2022 – Quick Guide

Hello and welcome to Streamer’s Haven, where you can find helpful articles to get you started in live streaming. This article will show you how to enable channel points for Twitch using desktop and mobile devices – Ready for 2022. If the process ever changes, this post will be updated to reflect those changes.

Luckily, enabling this feature is pretty simple once you know where to look. This article will likely end up being a short one, as there isn’t much to this process. Still, I’ll also cover some other things here that are closely related, such as How to set up a Community challenge that uses these channel points and how to change the name & icon of your channel points.

How to Enable Channel Points for Twitch Using a Desktop PC

To enable Channel points on Twitch using a Desktop PC, follow these instructions:

  1. Click on your portrait icon on the top right of the twitch.tv home page
  2. Search for and click “Creator Dashboard”
  3. Expand the Viewer Rewards Section
  4. Click on Channel points in the dropdown
    • Viewer Rewards - Channel Points menu
  5. Flip the Toggle switch so that it is a purple color with a Checkmark visible.
    • Enable Channel points Checkmark

How to Enable Channel Points on a Mobile Device

To access and enable the Channel points feature on mobile devices, you need to do some URL manipulation because the link to the Creator dashboard is not visible on a mobile device, not even on the Twitch App. Simply swap out the “replace me” text with your channel name, and continue from Step 4 in the Desktop section above.

https://dashboard.twitch.tv/u/REPLACE-ME/viewer-rewards/channel-points

This isn’t a link visible on the standard navigation, and it is plainly obvious why; It is far from mobile optimized. And no, you can’t scroll to the right. Its one redeeming feature is that the navigation hamburger actually is its least properly optimized, allowing you to navigate to the rest of the very broken dashboard.

The Stream manager is not optimized for mobile use, but you can still enable channel points once here.
Yikes.

Still, I suppose it is possible to enable channel points using a mobile device. It just isn’t a very user-friendly experience. C’mon Twitch, you guys need to catch up to the mobile-first world. The Dashboard is probably one of the most important tools to a streamer, and not everybody has access to a Desktop or Laptop! Your mobile users shouldn’t have to suffer from a lack of features like this.

How to change what channel points are called on your channel

Icon Size
Small28 x 28 px
Medium56 x 56 px
Large112 x 112 px
Max File size – 25 kb

Did you know you can Customize what the points are called and even change the icon for them? While we are in the channel points tab, go ahead and click on “Channel points display.” In this interface, you can rename channel points to anything you want, within reason. Some terms are off-limits. For example, something like “Simp coins” will not go over well, given that that term has been banned on Twitch for its derogatory use in harassing individuals.

Anyways, You can also add your own channel points icon in this. I’ve included a reference table for your convenience & included the max file size allowed.

For another navigation shortcut to get to this page, simply add /settings at the end of the URL and follow the directions in the section above this one.

https://dashboard.twitch.tv/u/REPLACE-ME/viewer-rewards/channel-points/settings

How to Create a Community Challenge Using Channel Points

Also found within the channel points page is the Community Rewards & Challenges page. This is a fun little game for your community to encourage them to spend their channel points and interact with the chat. In return for their collective effort, you will have to do something for them once the goal is reached. For some examples of rewards you can give them, I’ve compiled a shortlist for you:

  • Jelly bean challenge –
    • Get the super gross beans, and if they reach the goal, you’ll have to eat them, showing your reactions to them.
    • Or get tasty ones, and fake it. I don’t judge. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  • Create a community server of some sort, like a Minecraft or Discord server.
  • Dab
  • Community fall guys game night
  • etc.

I’ll be honest, I’m not very original when it comes to these ideas. I have literally pulled these ideas from what others have done within our allied streaming communities. Credit to you guys who have done these Community challenge Ideas!

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