Google Workspace For Dummies

Chapter 14

Chatting with Your Team

IN THIS CHAPTER

How do I chat with thee? Let me count the ways

Exchanging messages with your co-workers

Setting up your very own chat space

Using Chat to collaborate with colleagues

Chatting — that is, exchanging simple text messages with one or more people — is so easy and so convenient that it's quickly becoming (if it isn't already) the de facto communication choice for Google Workspace users. Not that long ago, chat was the medium you used for quick-and-short communiqués. Nowadays, it's not unusual for people to exchange messages that consist not just of a short phrase or two but also multi-sentence — even multi-paragraph mini-essays. This ain't your father's chat.

In this chapter, you dig into Google Workspace's messaging features, with a special emphasis on its flagship chat app, Google Chat. You learn not only how to exchange direct messages but also how to create chat spaces, use Chat to collaborate with your co-workers, and more.

Chatting, Google Workspace Style

Proof of chat's ascendance in the corporate communications realm is the ...