Google Chat

Google Chat is an Android communication and collaboration application for teams using Google Workspace. It supports direct conversations with colleagues, group chats, and team-wide spaces for coordinating work. The catalog places it in the Finance & Shopping category, although its documented purpose is workplace messaging and collaboration.

Gemini-based tools can summarize conversations, translate messages across more than 120 languages, search conversations, and capture action items. Users can also set personalized status updates, send audio and video messages, and connect through real-time huddles. These features are intended to help teams follow discussions and keep shared tasks visible.

Google Chat connects with Workspace applications including Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Tasks, and Meet. Smart chips can link files, people, and spaces, while the Google Drive app for Chat helps manage requests, comments, and approvals. Chat apps such as PagerDuty, Jira, GitHub, and Workday can be installed, and Chat APIs support no-code, low-code, and pro-code application development.

The service uses Google’s cloud-native, zero-trust architecture and includes AI-powered data loss prevention, phishing detection, and malware detection. Google states that it does not store data on end-user devices and does not require desktop applications to patch. The license is unknown, and MirrorNest links directly to the official release rather than mirroring the software; Google Chat is included with Google Workspace for consumer, education, and business customers, while some premium features require a paid subscription.

Free to use — a paid version with additional features is also available.