YouTube Watch lets one participant share a video so everyone in the room watches together.

Enable the feature

YouTube watch party can be gated behind Settings → Experimental → YouTube watch party. Enable it before you expect the share control to appear.

Share a video

  1. Open the share / YouTube dialog from meeting controls.
  2. Paste a valid YouTube URL.
  3. The watch overlay should play for you and for other participants in the room.

Playback sync

Play, pause, and seek (as implemented) should roughly stay in sync for remote viewers. Exact frame-level lock is not guaranteed on poor networks; small drift can appear.

Errors and close

SituationExpected
Invalid URLClear error; no blank hang
Close watchOverlay gone for both sides
Toggle with stage / whiteboardShould not permanently break those modes