Real-time collaborative chat, as exemplified by apps such as Slack, has become a common way to communicate between colleagues and friends, especially since early 2020, when so many of us transitioned to working from home. In mid-2021, Google apparently took note of this and pit itself against Slack by taking two of the features from its corporate Workplace app suite — Chat and Spaces (previously called Rooms) — and integrating them into its standard Gmail app.
Google Chat allows you to hold chat sessions with friends and groups of friends either on an informal or formal basis. The former can be done just between two people or between several in what Google calls a group conversation. The latter is done via a separate area that Google currently calls a Space.
To enable chat on Gmail, follow these steps:
Open your Gmail account in a web browser.
Click on the "Settings" gear icon in the top right corner of the page.
Select "See all settings" from the drop-down menu.
Click on the "Chat and Meet" tab on the top of the page.
Under the "Chat and Meet settings" section, make sure the "Chat" option is set to "On."
If the Chat option is set to "Off," click on the toggle switch next to it to turn it on.
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the "Save Changes" button to apply the changes.
After enabling chat, you will be able to see a chat window on the right side of your Gmail interface. You can use this chat window to communicate with your contacts in real-time.
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