In addition to the main conversation in the space, you can reply to any message and create a separate thread. With a thread, you can track important discussions and prevent the main conversation from being cluttered.
Reply in a thread
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chat app
or Gmail app
.
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat
.
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat
- In the bottom navigation menu, tap Spaces
select a space.
- Tap and hold a message
- At the bottom, enter your message.
- Tap Send
.
select a space.
.Tip: If a thread already has replies, tap the message to open the thread panel.
Follow a thread
- At the top right corner of the space, tap Active threads
.
- In the thread panel, to the right of the thread, tap:
- Follow: Follow the thread.
- Following: Unfollow the thread.
- At the top of the thread panel, to filter the list of available threads, click:
- Mentions me: Threads where you’re mentioned.
- Following: Threads that you follow.
.Manage thread notifications
After you start a thread, you can adjust how and when you’re notified of new messages.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chat app
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat
- At the top of the space, tap the space name
- Select an option for notifications:
- All: Notifications for all new messages and replies to threads.
- If you select “All,” you automatically follow all new threads for that space.
- To unfollow a thread, tap Active Threads
- Main conversations: Notifications for all new main conversations, @mentions, and replies to threads you follow.
- For you: Notifications for @mentions and replies to threads you follow.
- None: No notifications, just an indicator for @mentions.
- All: Notifications for all new messages and replies to threads.
- Optional: If you don’t want the conversation to be in bold and moved to the top of your conversation list, select the box next to "Mute conversation."
- Tap Save.
Tip: If you follow a thread in a space, you’re notified with a dot whenever there’s activity in that thread unless that space is muted. You can find the number of unread messages next to each thread in a space.