Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to receive, from a base station, a common downlink control information (DCI) message indicating an update to a common beam which applies to a set of UEs, where for each UE of the set of UEs the common beam is shared across a set of channels, a set of reference signals, or both. The UE may receive, via the common DCI message, an indication of the set of UEs associated with the update to the common beam. The UE may then perform at least one beam switching procedure to update the common beam at the UE based on receiving the common DCI message and the UE being included within the set of UEs.