Joe Maring / Android Authority
TL;DR Google Chat can now be accessed right at chat.google.com in your browser.
The old URLs still work, but Chrome extensions may need to be updated.
Chat is also adding the ability to schedule messages in advance, up to 120 days out.
Let’s face it: Unless your using it because your whole workplace does, there’s not a ton of us choosing Google Chat. But even with many of us failing to take proper advantage of it, Google keeps working on building out Chat with a nice assortment of messaging and administrative features. Today we’re checking out one of the latest there, as well as a new home for Chat online.
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Let’s start with that latter point, because we’ve already had quite a few ways to access Chat. You could pull up Gmail in your browser and then just navigate to the Chat button on the left. Or if you wanted to get there directly, you could add mail.google.com/chat/ to your bookmarks. And of course there’s the Chat app on Android.
Going forward, Google’s adding a new option that, in retrospect, feels obvious: chat.google.com. Google says this new way of getting to Chat loads faster, while keeping the same familiar UI as before. The old ways of getting to Chat in your browser still work, although if you’re using a Chrome extension that’s built for Chat, you may need to update it for full compatibility with this new home.
That’s well and good, but it’s this new Chat feature that’s probably the change that’s really worth getting excited about: You can now start scheduling messages in Chat to be delivered later.
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