To reply to a message in Google Chat, you can enter text or select a suggestion if available. You might get suggestions based on the content of the message that you received.
Note: The content in this animation is currently only available in English.
Reply to a message
- Go to Google Chat or your Gmail Account.
- Open a chat message and below the message, click the reply area.
- Enter your message or select a suggestion.
- You can customize a suggested message before sending.
- Press Return or click Send
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Tip: In a room, don't enter your reply at the bottom under New thread. If you do, it creates a new conversation thread instead of a reply.
Turn off suggestions in Chat
- At the top right, click Settings
Settings.
- Under Smart Reply, uncheck the box.
Other options
You can add these options to your message:
- To add a person to the conversation, click
- To add emojis to your message, click Emoji
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- To share files from your device, click Upload file
. Everyone in a room can view shared files.
- To share files from Google Drive, click Add Google Drive file
. Everyone in a room can view shared Drive files.
- To start a video call, click Add video meeting
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