Take the 2-minute tour ×  Before, I could easily join public
hangouts. But now, whenever I click on the play button it's
opening a Youtube live stream.  share|improve this question add
comment  1 Answer  A hangout is indeed a public live stream
video that is shown on Youtube, are you mistaking it for
something else?  Edit: What you are seeing on that page is
called Hangouts on Air. You can't join such hangouts, only watch
them. You can, however, join public hangouts that don't do any
broadcasting.  share|improve this answer they're suppose to be
joinable. –  Pineapple Under the Sea Dec 21 '12 at 5:02 Yeah,
you can join public hangouts if they are not broadcasting any
videos. See support.google.com/plus/bin/… –  Hydra Dec 21 '12 at
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