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Collaborate when messaging
- Create a Calendar event in Chat
- Start a video meeting from Chat
- Share files & rich content in messages
- Add people to a group conversation or space
Work together better in spaces
- Turn a group chat into an ongoing space
- Assign & manage tasks in a space
- Share team files in a space
- Collaborate on Google Docs & Sheets in a space
- Create discoverable spaces
Collaborate when messaging
Create a Calendar event in Chat
You can schedule and share a Google Calendar meeting from one-on-one chats; group chats, and spaces. When you schedule a meeting, an event card appears in the chat with the meeting title, date, and time. If you remove someone from an event invitation, but they’re still in the chat, they can view the event card.
Schedule and share a calendar event
- On your computer, open Google Chat or Gmail.
- In Gmail: On the left, click Chat.
- In Chat, open a message.
- In the reply area, click Google Workspace tools
Calendar invite.
- On the right, in the side panel, enter your meeting details.
- Click Save & share
Send
Start a video meeting from Chat
When you’re collaborating with your team, sometimes it’s better to meet face-to-face. Start an impromptu video meeting in Chat or Gmail with your team members.
Start a video meeting from Chat or Gmail
- On your computer, open Google Chatn or Gmail.
- In Gmail: On the left, click Chat.
- Open a conversation.
- In the reply area, click Add video meeting
Send
.
- To join a video meeting, click Join video meeting
Join now.
Call someone directly from Chat or Gmail
Important: You can call someone directly from Chat or Gmail in Chrome. If you make a call to a non-Chrome user, they can receive and join the call but they won't hear a ring.
You can start a voice or video meeting from Chat or Gmail. When the other person receives the call, they’ll hear a ring.
- In Chat, open a direct message.
- At the top, click Start video call
. The call opens in a small window.
- To end the call, click End call
.
Tip: If you want to adjust the call window:
- To move the call to a new tab, click Move to a tab
.
- To move, click and hold the window.
Share files & rich content in a chat message
You can do much more than just exchange text messages in Google Chat. You can share files, links to videos, animated GIFs, and more.
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