You can use Google Chat to message anyone, as long as you know their name, email address, or phone number.

Gmail is likely one of the Google apps that you use most often, but the email app can do more than send and receive email. Google has tweaked the Gmail design over the years to add all sorts of ...

You can open Google Hangouts in Gmail to chat with others, but you will need to send an invite if the contact is not yet on Hangouts.

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Love it or hate it, you cannot ignore Google Chat. The messaging service has been deeply integrated into Gmail and Google Calendar, either making your life easier or more frustrating, depending on ...

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Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Google is making it easier to start or join video meetings ...

Gmail is now rolling out a new user interface that will show Chat and Meet sections in the side pane by default — unless you've already disabled them. Google introduced this new integrated view ...

After introducing emoji reactions and tweaking the search bar, a bigger Gmail update introduces a chat-style reply UI on Android. Update 2/10/24: Gmail is still testing this chat-style redesign of the ...

To enable the feature on iOS or Android, open the side menu and scroll down to Settings. If you have multiple accounts, select the one you want, then look for “Chat (early access)” under General.

Video chat service Skype has some new competition – Google has just added audio and video chat to Gmail. The new chat tools essentially offer most of the features of Skype, or Apple's iChat, within ...