Google Workspace Updates: Invite external guests to Google Meet live streams or limit access for targeted internal live streaming (original) (raw)

December 8, 2025

• Google Meet
• Rapid Release

What’s changing

Additional access controls for Google Meet will now let hosts decide who can view their live streams. Live streams can now reach a wider audience with added flexibility for events like town halls, webinars, and large presentations. This allows for mixed internal/external audiences and better granularity for hosting restricted internal broadcasts.

• External live streaming: Hosts can now also invite external users outside their own domain to join live streams. External viewers join live streams with their invited Google Account.
• Targeted internal live streaming: Hosts can now optionally limit in-domain access to a live stream to only specific users or groups and not the entire domain.
• New "Adaptive" meeting type: A new opt-in "Adaptive" meeting type setting provides access to these new controls. Existing meetings will keep their behaviors unchanged.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
• End users (meeting hosts): The new Adaptive meeting type is available for meetings with a live stream. Visit the Help Center to learn more about hosting a live stream.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) started on December 4, 2025
• Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on January 12, 2026

Availability

Available for Google Workspace editions that support live stream hosting:

• Enterprise Standard and Plus
• Enterprise Essentials Plus
• Education Plus and the Teaching and Learning add-on

Resources

• Google Help: Start or schedule a Google Meet video meeting