Google Chat: Messaging and Team Collaboration | Google Workspace (2024)

Google Chat is available at no additional cost for individual use at chat.google.com and comes as part of your Workspace subscription for professional use. Not a Google Workspace customer yet? Try it here.

Google Chat is protected by the same anti-spam, anti-phishing, anti-malware technology that protects more than 2 billion Gmail inboxes.

Yes. With Google Chat, you can send a direct message to anyone with a Gmail address or Google account. You can set up group chats with multiple participants or message one-to-one.

Yes, Chat is deeply integrated with the Google Workspace tools that more than 9 million businesses use to get work done. Chat is optimized for business chat, team collaboration, and instant messaging. Google Chat is part of the modern Gmail experience, and is available for browser, mobile device, and as a standalone application. Learn more.

Spaces are a feature of Google Chat that allows persistent team chat and collaboration, with the ability to share files, assign tasks, and review message history. Spaces are perfect for groups of any kind who want to work on a project or communicate around a shared interest.

Chat is a modern application built on Google’s latest frameworks for web, mobile, and security and is an essential component of Google Workspace, used by 3 billion people to connect, create, and collaborate. Chat builds on Google’s longevity and expertise in this space, as well as previous applications, including Google Talk and Hangouts, to deliver a powerful, up-to-date experience that is consistent, expressive, and fun for personal and professional users.

Yes, Google Chat provides powerful apps for iOS and Android that provide a consistent, feature-rich experience for users on the go.

Yes, many of your favorite apps and tools are available in Google Chat with more coming all the time, including Asana, PagerDuty, Jira, GIPHY, Zapier, and many more essential Chat apps for team collaboration. Learn more.