Who doesn’t like using emotes while chatting with their favorite streamer on YouTube and Twitch? Emotes have become the new way to express emotions and their wide usage is a testament to the fact that they are a huge success. Well, in the majority of streams you visit, you will encounter unique emotes in every channel. Now, whether you are a streamer already or an upcoming one, you will have to use 7TV or other similar services to get all the unique emotes bound to your channel to allow your viewers to use them. Now, as a user, you’d want to view these emotes in your chat. But what if the 7TV emotes stop working? If that happens, the emotes will appear as texts. So, how to fix this issue? Here’s everything you need to know.
Services like 7TV or FFZ are 3rd parties that enhance the experience of the viewer by allowing streamers to add emotes in their Twitch/YouTube live stream chat. However, they can fail to work sometimes, especially if there’s a new update for the streaming platform going live or the extension itself is updating. This has exactly been the case with 7TV not working, as many are encountering this issue in Kick. But there are workarounds for the same.
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7tv emotes not working: How to fix it
There is a single sure-fire workaround to fix the 7TV emotes not working issue. Instead, you will need to try a bunch of different workarounds one by one to check which one fixes the issue for you. We have listed some of the most effective ones below:
Refresh webpage
If the 7TV emotes are not showing up in the chat of your favorite streamer’s YouTube/Twitch live stream, simply refresh the page and then check whether the issue persists. A simple refresh might be all you need to get rid of the issue.
Update Extension
If you are using the 7TV extension, consider updating it, as an outdated version can become incompatible once the latest update to the streaming platform is released. So, updating the 7TV extension might fix the issue. Also, do remember to check for the server status of 7TV, as they might be under maintenance. Click here to check the server status of 7TV.
Use a different browser
Well, the issue can also be related to the browser you are using. Some users who have faced the issue have mentioned that switching to a different browser and using the 7TV extension fixed the issue for them. In most of the cases, switching from Google Chrome to Mozilla or another browser should do the trick.
Disable and Re-Enable Extension
You can try disabling the 7TV extension via FFZ and then enabling it. If this doesn’t fix the issue, you can try the 7TV Nightly build, which is frequently updated for the best results.
Disable Graphics Acceleration in Google Chrome
A user mentioned that disabling the Hardware/Graphics Acceleration feature in Google Chrome fixed the issue for them. So, you can give it a try too. Here’s how you can do so:
- First, open the Google Chrome browser, and then go to Settings.
- Here, in the Settings menu, click on the “Systems” tab on the left-hand side.
- Now, uncheck the “Use graphics acceleration when available” option.
- Once done, restart the browser and then check whether the issue persists.
Disable similar extensions
If you are using multiple emotes-related extensions, consider disabling all of them except 7TV. Multiple extensions can interfere with each other, causing unwanted issues, so removing them should fix the issue.
Clear Browser Cookies
Access your browser settings and go to the History tab. Here, select the Clear Browser Cookies option and confirm your selection. Once the cookies are cleared, check whether the issue persists.
Renew IP
It is possible that the service has blocked your IP from accessing their services, which is why renewing your IP can fix the issue. This fixed the problem for a user, so is worth a try.
Check whether 7TV emotes are linked to your StreamElements account (for Streamers)
If you are unable to view or use 7TV emotes in your live stream, you need to verify whether the 7TV emotes and your StreamElements account is linked. Here’s how:
- First, access your StreamElements dashboard.
- Here, select the ‘My Overlays’ option.
- Select the overlay that you use for your chat and click on the ‘Edit’ option.
- Here, select the chat box widget to access its settings. An option to refresh or reconnect your account to services like BTTV or 7TV should be preset. You can also try removing the widget and adding it again if the option isn’t present.
Chat Commands
For this workaround, go to StreamElements again, click on the “Chatbot” option on the left side of the screen, and then select the “Chat Commands” option. Here, the “!emotes” command will appear on the everyone list between the “!emotecount” and “!enter” commands. Ensure that it is enabled. After this, go back to your streaming software, and !emotes update in chat. This should fix the issue.
De-link and Re-link your Twitch account to StreamElements
If none of the workarounds have been of any help, consider delinking your Twitch Account from StreamElements and then relinking it to check if the issue persists. However, before relinking your primary account, try logging in with a secondary account with StreamElements to check whether the same issue persists. If it doesn’t, then the issue is related to your Twitch account.
Contact Support
Finally, if the workarounds didn’t help you, then all you can do is contact either Twitch/YT or StreamElements support to help you fix the issue.
That said, we hope that this guide has been informative and you were able to fix the issue with the workarounds provided here. If you want access to more such interesting and helpful guides on a daily basis, make sure to bookmark Android Gram.
