Enable live streaming

This feature is available with the G Suite Enterprise and G Suite Enterprise for Education editions. Compare editions

Live streaming allows up to 100,000 people to watch a Hangouts Meet video meeting. When live streaming is added to an event with a Meet video meeting, users get a stream URL which they can send to view-only participants. For more, see Live stream a video meeting.

As a G Suite administrator, you can turn live streaming on or off.

  1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

    Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

  2. From the Admin console Home page, go to Appsand thenG Suiteand thenGoogle Hangouts.
  3. Click Meet settings.
  4. Select the desired organizational unit.  
    Otherwise, your settings apply to your entire organization.
  5. Check or uncheck Let people stream their meetings.

Note: Free G Suite Enterprise for Education edition licenses are not eligible to live stream meetings. Compare G Suite for Education vs. G Suite Enterprise for Education.

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