What’s changing 
Last year, we announced a new ultra-low latency viewing experience for video meetings that are streamed within an organisation. Since launch, we’ve introducing several improvements for the overall experience: 
  • Meeting hosts can now add or start live streaming from any ongoing Meet call, even if it wasn't initially planned to be live streamed. 


    To start a live stream, at the bottom right select Activities > Live Streaming
  • Live stream viewers can now see the size of the audience (call participants and viewers) in the top left live stream indicator. 


  • The join screen now has a quick-access button, which meeting participants can use to join a live stream if they prefer that experience over the regular call.
  • Video feed will start even faster when joining live streams with large audiences.
  • Viewing live streams from the Google Meet mobile app on Android and iOS devices is now supported. 
These improvements will be available for Google Meet on web and meeting room hardware. Support for the Meet mobile app is outlined below in the "Rollout" section.

Getting started

Rollout pace 
  • Join live streams from the Google Meet mobile apps: 

  • iOS 
    • Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) beginning on January 3, 2024, with anticipated completion by January 8, 2024 
    • Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) beginning on January 8, 2024, with anticipated completion by January 18, 2024

  • All other updates mentioned in this post are available now. 

Availability
  • Live streaming is available for Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Essentials Plus, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Education Plus customers. 

  • Live streamed meetings can be viewed by Google Workspace Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Education Plus, Essentials Starter, and Essentials users. Not available to users with personal Google accounts.