Update (Dec 4, 2025): We have updated this post to reflect an updated rollout schedule for the feature. The new rollout schedule is:
- Rapid Release: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on December 8, 2025.
- Scheduled release: Planned for January 2026. We will update this post with a more specific timeframe in the coming weeks.
What’s happening?
Starting November 10, your Google Meet in-meeting messages will be powered by and available in Google Chat.
That means the meaningful feedback that was messaged during the meeting, or key resources and links that were shared are now easily accessible to meeting attendees after the meeting, in a shared Google Chat conversation.
This change brings the power of Google Chat to Meet, creating a richer in-meeting messaging experience. Meeting attendees can now respond to messages with emojis, and share images and files directly in Google Meet. Attendees can send pre-reads and other meeting materials to the group ahead of the meeting in Google Chat, and these resources will be available in Google Meet throughout the call. This launch also consolidates all your messaging and conversations into Google Chat, making it easy to find messages or shared files all in one place.
This change is designed to improve post-meeting follow-through, leading to increased team productivity, and we’re excited for what this will mean for your teams and their collaboration.
Getting started
Admins:
- Availability: All end users in your org will have this feature on eligible meetings.
- Data retention & DLP: These messages are stored in a Google Chat conversation, and will respect the retention policies and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) rules you have configured for Google Chat.
- If disabled by host: If a host turns off continuous meeting chat for a specific meeting, that meeting will use the existing, unlinked in-call messaging. To retain such messages, you must record the meeting.
End Users:
- Eligible meetings: This feature is available for meetings scheduled in Google Calendar. It applies to the meeting host and all other invited attendees who are part of the host's domain.
- Host control: Meeting hosts retain full control and can disable this feature for any meeting. This option must be toggled in the Google Calendar event's video call options before the meeting starts and cannot be changed once the meeting is in progress.
- External attendees: To ensure security and clarity, external attendees will only have access to the chat during the time they are in the meeting. They will not be able to participate in a conversation before a meeting nor see the conversation history after one. Internal attendees will see clear ‘external’ indicators and banners when guests are present in the conversation.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on December 8, 2025.
- Scheduled release: Planned for January 2026. We will update this post with a more specific timeframe in the coming weeks.
Availability
Available to all Google Workspace business and enterprise customers with the following plans:
- Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus
- Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus
- Frontline Starter, Frontline Standard, Frontline Plus
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