All Google Chat updates
204 updates to Google Chat tracked so far.
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Preview summaries in the Google Chat home view now available in three additional languages
The preview summaries in the Google Chat home view is now available in three additional languages and has completed rollout to Rapid and Scheduled Release domains.
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2025-04-11Comms & Meetings
Summaries in the Google Chat home view are now available in Spanish, Portuguese, and German.
Google Chat home view summaries are now available in Spanish, Portuguese, and German.
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2025-04-09Comms & Meetings
Google Chat home view summaries are now available in Spanish, Portuguese, and German.
Summaries in the Google Chat home view are now available in Spanish, Portuguese, and German.
Release: Both • Rapid: 2025-04-09 • Scheduled: 2025-04-09 -
More options for exporting your Google Workspace data are available in open beta - Google Chat
Admins can choose from several options when exporting their organization’s data from Google Chat. Specifically, they will be able to: Export data from all or multiple services. This update is available in open beta, which means no additional sign-up is required.
Release: Both • Rapid: 2025-04-04 • Scheduled: 2025-04-04 -
Gemini in Chat can now summarize Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets files shared within a conversation.
Users can click the "Summarize this file" button to get a quick overview of the file's content without leaving Chat.
Release: Both • Rapid: 2025-03-18 • Scheduled: 2025-03-18 -
2025-03-18Comms & Meetings
Gemini in Chat side panel now available in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Japanese, French, and Korean.
Gemini in Chat helps users collaborate more effectively by providing conversation summaries, identifying action items, and searching the web. The feature is now available in more languages.
Release: Both • Rapid: 2025-03-18 • Scheduled: 2025-03-18 -
2025-03-17Comms & Meetings
Changes to how retention policies are applied to 1:1 direct messages in Google Chat with external participants.
1:1 direct messages with external participants will respect the retention policy of the user who created the conversation.
Release: Both • Rapid: 2025-05-01 • Scheduled: 2025-05-01 -
2025-03-11Comms & Meetings
additional AI-powered features are available for Business and Enterprise editions
Chat will automatically detect and translate over 120 languages to a user’s preferred language
Release: Both • Rapid: 2025-03-11 • Scheduled: 2025-03-11 -
2025-03-11Comms & Meetings
Automatic translation for messages in Google Chat
Google Chat now features 'Translate for me', which automatically detects and translates over 120 languages into a user's preferred language while keeping the original message available for review.
Release: Both • Rapid: 2025-03-11 • Scheduled: 2025-03-11 -
Google Chat now supports real-time markdown styling and code formatting in the compose bar.
Users can now see markdown converted to formatted text as they type in Google Chat. Support for code and code block formatting has also been added to the compose bar.
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Summaries in Google Chat home are now available for direct messages and read conversations.
Gemini in Google Chat can now help you catch up on direct messages and read conversations in the Chat home view with summaries. Click the “Summarize” button to see a bulleted synopsis of the message content.
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Adding real-time Markdown styling and code formatting support in Google Chat
Google Chat now supports real-time markdown styling and code formatting in the compose bar. Markdown is converted to formatted text as the user types, rather than only after the message is sent, and new support for code and code blocks has been added.
Release: Both • Rapid: 2025-02-28 • Scheduled: 2025-02-28 -
Summaries in Google Chat home now available for direct messages and read conversations
Gemini in Google Chat now allows users to generate summaries for direct messages and conversations that have already been read within the Chat home view. By clicking the 'Summarize' button, users can see a bulleted synopsis of the message content to quickly catch up on activity across all active conversations.
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HubSpot is now integrated with Google Chat, enabling users to see notifications and updates from HubSpot directly in Chat.
An integration with HubSpot enables users to see notifications and updates from HubSpot directly in Chat. With this integration, users can receive HubSpot notifications in Chat, improve customer response times, more efficiently collaborate on support tickets, and configure and send custom notifications to specific users and Chat spaces through HubSpot workflows.
Release: Both • Rapid: 2025-02-27 • Scheduled: 2025-02-27 -
HubSpot integrates with Google Chat, enabling users to see notifications and updates from HubSpot directly in Chat.
The integration with HubSpot allows users to receive HubSpot notifications in Chat, improve customer response times, collaborate on support tickets, and configure custom notifications through HubSpot workflows.
Release: Both