What’s changing
Once enabled by an Admin, Google Workspace users can live stream meetings publicly via YouTube.
You can initiate a live stream in Meet by navigating to Activities panel > Live Streaming and selecting your channel from the list.
Who’s impacted
Admins and end users
Why you’d use it
Live streaming is useful in situations where you want to present information to large audiences outside of your organization, giving them the opportunity to pause and replay as needed, or view the presentation at a later time.
Additional Details
To initiate a YouTube live stream through Meet you should have your YouTube channel approved for live streaming in advance. Note that it can take up to 24 hours to get your channel approved for live streaming — Visit the Help Center to learn more about live streaming Google Meet events.
Getting started
- Admins: Live streaming can be turned on or off at the domain, OU, or group level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning live streaming on or off for Meet.
- End users: When enabled by your admin, use the Help Center to learn more about live streaming a video meeting.
- End users with personal Google accounts: Live streaming will be automatically available — use the Help Center to learn more about live streaming a video meeting.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on July 21, 2022
- Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on July 25, 2022
Availability
- Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers
- Available to Google Workspace Individual users
- Available to Google One Premium plan members in select countries
- Available to users with personal Google Accounts
- Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Education Standard, Education Fundamentals, Frontline, and Nonprofits, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers