This page contains release notes for features and updates to the Chat developer platform. We recommend that Chat developers periodically check this list for any new announcements.
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September 15, 2023
Developer Preview: You can now update a human user's membership in a Chat space. For example, you can use the spaces.members.patch method to update membership roles from member to manager and from manager to member.
August 08, 2023
Google Chat users outside of Google Workspace organizations can now install and use public Google Chat apps. To learn about how users discover and use Chat apps, see Publish Google Chat apps.
July 28, 2023
Google Chat apps that authenticate as a user can now reference users with their email address. The following Chat API methods support using email addresses to reference users:
Chat apps can also use email addresses to @mention users. To learn more, see Mention users in a message.
July 13, 2023
You can now specify no divider between card sections.
July 10, 2023
Multiselect menus are now available in Developer Preview. Multiselect menus help users input static and dynamic data for Google Chat apps. To learn more, see the Selection input widget documentation.
June 07, 2023
Developer Preview: Available as part of the Google Workspace Developer Preview Program, which grants early access to certain features.
Import data from your other messaging platforms into Google Chat. You can import existing messages, attachments, reactions, memberships, and space entities from your other messaging platforms to corresponding Chat API resources. You can import this data by creating Chat spaces in import mode and importing data into those spaces.
May 25, 2023
You can authenticate and authorize users' credentials to access the Chat API by using OAuth 2.0. Authenticating and authorizing with user credentials lets Chat apps access user data and perform operations on the authenticated user's behalf. When an app performs an action with user authentication (such as creating a space), Google Chat might display an attribution message that tells users the name of the app that performed the action for the user who authorized it.
Oauth 2.0 scopes are available for you to request and your users to consent to.
Quotas and limits are applied to the Chat API.
The following methods are available:
- Create a message
- Delete a message
- Get a message
- Update a message
- List messages
- Create a reaction
- Delete a reaction
- List reactions
- Create a membership
- Delete a membership
- Get a membership
- List memberships
- Create a space
- Delete a space
- Get a space
- Find a direct message
- List spaces
- Update a space
- Set up a space (create and populate)
- Download media
- Upload media
March 06, 2023
You can now design your Chat app to include checkboxes, radio buttons, switches, or a dropdown menu in your Chat app. For more information, see SelectionInput widget.
January 18, 2023
Chat apps can now receive and respond to user-submitted information in cards and dialogs. For more information, see Process information inputted by users.
January 17, 2023
Buttons can now include text and an icon. Previously, only an icon or only text was allowed in buttons.
June 28, 2022
June 16, 2022
On the web, Google Chat cards now match Google Material Design. The Material Design cards feature aesthetic enhancements that improve usability and render faster.
May 15, 2022
Developer Preview: Available as part of the Google Workspace Developer Preview Program, which grants early access to certain features.
On mobile devices, Google Chat cards now match Google Material Design. The Material Design cards feature aesthetic enhancements that improve usability and render faster.