2026-06-10
Too many threads.
I’m having one conversation with one person but I seem to have five threads. So if I’m trying to find something. I gotta go through each thread to find it. So annoying.
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Description
Google Chat is the best way for teams using Workspace to connect, collaborate and get things done.
AI-first messaging and collaboration, transformed by Gemini
• Stay on top of things with conversation summaries
• Automatically translate messages across more than 120 languages
• Find what you're looking for with AI-powered search
• Capture action items so that the whole team is on the same page
Everything teams need to stay connected and get work done
• Start a chat with a colleague, a group or even your whole team
• Tell your team when you're heads-down or ready to connect with personalised status updates
• Share detailed updates with audio and video messages
• Connect in real time, any time with huddles
The full power of Workspace to transform your teamwork
• Integrated with Workspace apps like Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Tasks and Meet
• Streamline teamwork with smart chips to link files, people and spaces
• Stay on top of requests, comments and approvals with the Google Drive app for Chat
• Install powerful, popular Chat apps like PagerDuty, Jira, GitHub, Workday and many more
• Build no-code, low-code and pro-code apps with Chat APIs
Secure
• Protected by Google's cloud-native, zero-trust architecture
• No desktop apps to patch, no data stored on end-user devices
• Keeps data safe with AI-powered data loss prevention (DLP) plus phishing and malware detection
• Migrate away from insecure legacy platforms
Chat is included as part of Google Workspace for consumer, education and business customers.
Some premium features require a paid subscription.
Follow us for more:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/googleworkspace
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/googleworkspace
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/googleworkspace/
What's New in Version 1.0.458
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Seller
Name
Google LLC
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
1.0.458
Size
415.5 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated: 4+
Compatibility
iOS 18.0 or later
Devices
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 16e, iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, iPhone 17e, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)
Languages
English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Basque, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian Bokmål, Oriya, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Zulu
App Store: Customer Ratings
Ratings & Reviews
4.5 of 5 (6,477 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
2026-06-08
App doesn’t let me to add others they have to add me
THIS IS REALLY BOTHERING ME ITS REALLY ANNOYING IM ACTUSLLY GOING TO QUIT I CANT EVEN TALK TO ANYONE
2026-06-05
Great
A great app the only thing missing being a way to select multiple messages at once to delete.
2026-05-31
A time specific review
The google sheets and google chats app icons are too similar and I keep opening the wrong one.
2026-05-24
Who thought the new logo was good?
The app is fine but I’m putting this here in the hopes they change the logo back because it is just so god damn awful. How was this approved? Gosh it’s not even visually centred it is disgusting and honestly putting me off using the app entirely 😭
The old logo was great!!!!!
2026-05-12
As bad as Microsoft
Why do faceless corporations deny the users of their software any agency at all? A simple thing like deleting a conversation is impossible and the user is forced through a labyrinth of unsatisfactory options and “features” of dubious usefulness.
2026-05-01
Upload
After doing an Apple software upgrade, Google Chat will not upload download
2026-02-08
To many scams!
My reason about this app
Is,
People can't log out of the app, people can't even delete or archive someone if U don't want to talk to them anymore!!..
That's Soo unfair by far!!
I agree with someone who complained about hangout chat became google chat..
That was a good app, people knew where everything was & how to use the app etc..
As with this one, there is lots of issues with it!! :(
That's unfair by far!
End story!
2026-02-06
Horrendous
Unusable without compromising your phone. Attempting to install this will open a backdoor for your employer to access your phone. What makes this worse is that you can’t use this service without the app anymore. Probably breaks many international laws.
2026-01-08
Good luck
It good a little hard to use and create image to send to people and also let as updated our friend names and pictures like messages but good work let us decorate our background with our friend
2025-12-31
Can’t upload pictures
I have been using this for last two years and now recently Couldn’t upload and pictures error coming as “upload quota exceeded”
2025-10-02
Where is the call
The app is good and threading is actually very useful because you don’t have to keep replying. But I am annoyed that you can’t call, me and my friends plan to talk on a google meet but we so times forget to. I think a good way could be at least letting us set times for google meets so we can know when to do it.
2025-10-02
Doesn’t let me update 😔😔😔
It didn’t let me update the app so I couldn’t text anyone including my mum I tried everything but when you have to update you can’t text so that was upsetting
2025-09-29
The best(:<
I always chat to my mom on here it is kid friendly but don’t friend random people ore else you might get sus stuff well if you want to chat perfect app for you
2025-09-10
It’s not that good
It’s got a lot of problems in the system
2025-08-13
Teribble
I couldn’t start a chat with anyone.
2025-08-01
No longer works on iOS 15
No longer works on iOS 15
2025-07-25
Need to be able to call
Maby of you could choose people and add. Them in chat
2025-06-19
Amazing
This chat is amazing no errors can talk to my friends and fam the best thank u for creating the amazing app 100 out of 100
2025-06-02
This app is rubbish
This app is just change for change sake you do a direct cam hookup
2025-02-26
Terrible Policy
Does not follow their own policy.
2024-11-30
Loved it until Threads was introduced
Please remove Threads it clutters the messages and they’re dated and I can’t remove them.
2024-11-28
Quick and Easy Chat
This App makes Quick and Easy Messaging a Breeze with all the Icons to your Links including your Photos.
Sometimes I wish I could have a Pen Friend Chat it’s that enjoyable! 🇦🇺
2024-11-01
Terrible
Can’t add other people when on a call. Can’t ring a group, so wastes a lot of valuable time and clunky compared to all other communication apps. Camera turns on even when making a audio call, really annoying…. Camera turns on even when it is set to be off, really really annoying. Can’t tag someone using @ when forwarding a snapshot. The list of time wasting bugs keep going on and on. Very shoddy work done by some amateurs. A mature experienced programmer really needs to look into this and fix. Really really anoying and shoddy app.
2024-10-11
The review
It was good.
2024-09-20
plez read this
basically it waz rlly good i can talk to my friends n stuff but like it lags a lot :( please fix
2024-09-05
Why set the icon a black background?
Why?
2024-08-19
Easy to navigate
Easy and reliable chat platform, with embedded connectivity to the Google suite.
2024-08-10
Very good
I only just got the app and it’s so easy to use.
My friend said that I should download it and that’s how I got it.
Very good you should download it🧏🧏🧏
2024-08-07
Scammers
Too many people on here are scammers
2024-07-23
Good, but…
The app works perfectly, however, you cannot see who read your messages in a group chat. Usually this is the case for most messaging apps as well, but it would be really convenient for there to be a way to see who saw your message.
2024-06-13
It’s nice
It’s kinda like WhatsApp and iMessage and it’s good the only thing they need to work on is to make it more like other messengers
2024-05-23
Bit slow to respond
Great little app just slow to respond and load messages
2024-05-14
New topic removed
This was great but now that they have removed the ability to start a new topic in a chat group it’s useless now for any more than a 2/3 person chat.
We have several chat groups at work for different teams and without the ability to start a new topic, 50% of questions are missed now among all the comments regarding previous ones.
2024-05-11
So annoying
Since your update a few days I have a constantly revolving circle ⭕️ in the left hand column under my chat buddy’s name. It’s driving me nuts.
Only happens on iPads, not on iPhone.
2024-03-28
This is great
This is a pretty cool app I can chat to each other and create spaces best app ever download it
2024-03-06
Can’t you guys stop updating it getting worse and worse I am about to delete it.
I can’t add my friends even I type in the their email it shows that no one is there. He told me that he downloaded it already. Miss the old one.😩😢
2024-02-09
Getting worse by every update
And it is now even more broken. Instead of showing the message itself, it is showing "You have a new message" in the notifications, and in apple watch.
Why would one remove such a feature??? 🙄
Seriously. This tendency must be reverted!
2024-02-03
quite literally doesn’t work
i open the app, tap get started, tap done, and nothing happens. it does nothing. yes i have an account ready to use. yes i have good wifi. it just doesn’t work
2024-01-18
More modernised messaging please!
Google chat is a great way to chat because most people have a Google Account so it’s easy to communicate rather than emails or SMS. I use it on iPad but the app does need upgrades.
More modernised messaging please for easier viewing and make it look just like it does on other messaging apps. It makes it look better and easier to use.
Please add an option for audio messages so I can just record myself and send it to my friend. Much easier to do rather than dictation or just regular typing.
This app is great and hope to see some upgrades made!
2023-12-28
Best
Noice
2023-12-10
Me
Can’t delete individual people if they use the same name as it wants to delete them all
2023-10-13
Enjoying chatting
It’s great chatting and connecting on Google Chat, Hangouts, being such a convenient way to communicate with friends, here and on the other side of the world. I’m appreciative and grateful for the service. Occasionally I enjoy being offline but if I’m needing and wanting to communicate, then Google Chat, Hangouts helps me do that thankfully.
2023-09-19
hangouts is better
PLEASE BRING BACK HANGOUTSSS
bring hangouts back please
2023-09-10
Google Chats - Love it!
I actually really enjoy this app! I find it very useful to use when others don’t have access to group chats on messages. So fun! 👍👍👍
2023-08-23
5/5
This is such a good app, it also allows you to edit messages if you spell something wrong. I love messaging my friends and I definitely recommend this app
2023-08-02
Gmail
Fed up seeing up date now
2023-07-31
Ok
It’s good, just really miss hangouts
2023-07-20
Hamgouts was better
New update recently means I don’t get notification previews of the message?? Or even who it’s from!
Do not update Also I still want the OPTION to switch to the old hangouts notification bell/noise.
We were promised access to our old chats (older than a year) … but still I struggle with finding many old chats/ just make search by date function. Ideally I want to download chat from one person from 2014. All 8years worth.
2023-07-09
Why does it ask for my account details
I accidentally deleted the app and when I went back to read download it. It said I had to give my bank details. It hasn’t asked this before and I am concerned.
2023-06-28
Input lag on keyboard
There is a delay when typing. No other app on iOS has this problem except this one. The app can’t keep up with the speed of my typing.
2023-02-12
Wow, kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk0000! (This isn’t for you, devs)
I didn’t even know about that update until after I read your review! Who knew that the update wasn’t compatible with iPad! (did you know that I use iPad, too?) I haven’t installed the update yet (if you didn’t send that review, I would have wanted to)- that was a close call!
2023-02-04
Review please about Google chat
Please try to improve this Google chat features wherein you can message right and edit your messages if there are any errors in you're wording since at the moment you don't have these features that you can correct or edit feature plus add video call features thank you
2023-01-31
Someone online
Would be good if could show when someone was last online and also be able to send larger videos without them being compressed down. I miss using hangouts.
Can’t see when someone has been online/seen a message that is sent.
Please bring back hangouts.
2023-01-30
Can’t make calls
I hate how you can message but u can’t make calls on this app if u guys could add this feature it would make it so much more convenient
2023-01-15
App not suitable for iOS 12.5.6
A couple of months back, I started chatting with people like normal and then suddenly when I would click on a group chat it would say to update to the latest version. When I would click ‘update google chats’, it would open the App Store and show the update button. After I had clicked the update button it would let me know that I needed iOS 14 or later but it would let me update to the latest version available for my device. This is normal and works fine for other apps. But when I clicked the download button it would actually download and the plugin just kept popping up and never stopped unless I had clicked cancel. Like I said, this is normal for other apps and works perfectly fine with other apps. But with google chats it just doesn’t work.
2022-09-22
Not happy
Why change something good?
Google chat annoys me with the repetitions of my correspondent’s last text at the top of the page, when the text itself is clearly visible.
I am not at all sure it is as private as Hangouts. I have had intrusive messages on more than one occasion.
Chat has been given a try but it has not lived up to the hype.
Anna K.
2022-08-05
It is a step back
From hangouts to chat is a step back
Cannot add gifs from mobile ….are we in 1980’s
2022-07-24
Not able to upload any pictures or files
Everything works excellent and I find it very easy to talk to my friends separately and in a group chat. But for some reason when I go to send a picture I get an error message saying that the file couldn’t be uploaded. I have bee troubleshooting for awhile now. Other than that issue, this app works as smooth as anything.
2022-07-21
A backward step from hangouts
Hangouts was far easier and simpler to use and navigate than Chat especially if wanting to move from text to call to video call and back again. It doesn’t colour identify the text messages by person, therefore harder looking back. Not as easy in sharing multiple photos.
2022-07-10
Disappointed
I'm really disappointed being forced to move from Hangouts to Google Chat / Workspace. I used Hangouts primarily for phone calls. The Google Chat interface is confusing and the phone icon is dull, meaning I can't make a call. This is very frustrating. Not everyone wants to set up a meeting or use the video feature. Why mess with a good thing, Google?
2022-07-08
Hangouts much better, chat is horrible
I have been using google hangouts for 2 years now. It was easy to navigate, add people, voice call and video call. But now they replaced it with google chat which is horrible. In google chat you can voice and video call anyone, and it’s really hard to add someone. Very bad app too complicated to use. Please add back hangouts I am very displeased. I can’t use hangouts anymore it’s forcing me to use google chat.
If you want to make this better, make it less complicated to add people and navigate, and make it that you can call people. Hangouts will always be remembered but not google chat
2022-07-03
Stupid app
I’m not happy that you have closed down HANGOUTS and replaced it with this stupid App, GOOGLE CHAT….You said you can do more with it? What a load of rubbish. It’s garbage. Can’t send stickers only emojis, you can’t delete a message unless you delete the whole chat. I was just getting comfortable with Hangouts and you replaced it with thisStupid GOOGLE CHAT, I hate it, it’s for young people. Not for us oldies.
C’mon Google, Get with the times and stop catering for the young at heart, think about us oldies who aren’t techno savvy.
Kind regards
RobGem12
2022-07-02
Finding friends you thought would not talk to you
People you find who you think would never talk to you in an actual fact are just people like my self.
2022-05-03
Google chat
I would have to say that Google Chat is very helpful to chat with the people you need or want to. This app is the same as Google hangouts.
2022-04-28
Hangout
Google Hangout is a very good platform and app to communicate workmates and even family. However, why did they remove the voice/video call on this app?
They should put it back because it is still useful to many.
2022-04-14
Great app!
Google chats allows me to talk to friends easily and there isn’t much of s problem with it. It’s simple and easy to use for younger people. Many times I have accident sent something to the wrong person. Google chats does not allow me to delete any messages which is frustrating because it just stays there. Besides that it is a great app for all ages and perfect to use.
2022-02-18
Picture
I can’t see images which have been updated on the chat together, so I have to scroll all the way up till find the image… it would be nice that you can see all images in once like what’s up
2022-01-31
Great App!
This app allowed me to talk to people all over the world. For business purposes and non-business purposes, this app was the perfect choice. I love how it always allows you to chat and there’s lots of choices, columns and it’s never crowded. It was amazing for just chatting with family and friends too! However, sometimes it did have some bugs. Sometimes the app wouldn't work and sometimes it didn’t do anything. Overall, this was an awesome app for communicating to people all over the world.
2021-12-12
Google Chat
I think this app is very useable and has an easy way to communicate with friend or work colleagues.
2021-11-24
Still gonna use it but hangouts was better
The only problem with google chats is that it’s extremely hard to make a new chat with someone new
2021-10-13
Google Chat
I find this app more than adequate in its aspects of conducting a social conversation with anybody around the world. There a multiple Funtional options to style up the social aspect of the conversation and a great feature of having a group conversation. More than happy to recommend this application to anyone of my friends and or family or colleagues.
2021-10-12
Group chat problems
In a group chat the images don’t open. You tap on them and is just a black screen.
There is not a confirmation that the other members of the group have read the message like it is in the individual chats.
Needs improvement
2021-09-08
Google chat
Very hard to distinguish text as they are very close to one another not the google hangout text will be in bubble like from left to right which makes reading easy.
Also with group chat we can’t see you seen text. As I wondering whether this person has read text or not.
2021-08-31
Missed the mark
This app looks like it was designed for office use only and forgets that people use this outside of the office. The features are so alienating and cold in appearance. Even in the office environment I’ve found that myself and a number of colleagues aren’t able to reply as swiftly because it’s harder to see when you’ve got a new message. Hangouts might have been a little clunky and old fashioned but it was more user friendly and warm.
2021-08-07
Vicki8643
I enjoyed this social media app very very much. I am sure all users agree with me. Thank you so much for the wonderful services rendered.
2021-07-23
Awful compared to hangouts
Really suffocating and crowded. There’s no separation of messages, no more chat boxes with a clear idea of who has sent the message. Each new message appears on the next line with no spacing, all on the same side of the screen, and in the same colour. And any conversation/hangout that’s been given a chat name weirdly appears in a separate section of the app, compared with those that haven’t, so you have to flick back and forth between sections. It’s painfully unfriendly to use
2021-07-10
Great app!
Love this app, it works great for me. I already saw the options of creating a group & the option to take myself out of a group. I have enjoyed this app a lot. This is pretty simple. Thank you. I can see why you created this app, so it can be integrated into the gmail app. Very nice as I use this within my gmail app too. 😊