Add formatting to your Google Chat messages

To change the appearance of your Chat messages, you can use the format menu, use markdown formatting, or add block quotes.

Format Google Chat messages

On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chat app or Gmail app .
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat .
Go to a conversation.
Enter a message.
On the left, tap Action menu Format .
Select an option:
- To strikethrough: Tap Strikethrough .
- To bold: Tap Bold .
- To italicize: Tap Italic .
- To underline: Tap Underline .
- To change the text color: Tap Text color .
- To add a bullet point before the text: Tap Bulleted list .
- To highlight a text or citation: Tap Block quote .
- To insert a link:
  1. Tap Insert link .
  2. Enter the link.
- To add inline code: Tap Code .
- To add multi-line code block: Tap Code block .
Tap Send .

Tip: To quickly add or remove text format, touch and hold the text, then tap Format.

You can use markdown formatting to add styling to your messages using special characters.

On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chat app or Gmail app .
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat .
As you type your message, add characters to update the formatting of your text:

Tips:

An inline code block wraps the text.
After a multi-line code block is sent, you can use a toggle to turn the line wrapping on or off.

To highlight key text or citations in your Chat messages, use block quotes.

On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chat app or Gmail app .
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat .
Go to a conversation.
Enter a message.
Highlight the text you want to format.
- Tap Format Block quote .
Tap Send .