Google Chat Compatible with Slack and Microsoft Teams
This week, Google has made numerous announcements regarding its cloud-based productivity apps, with a primary focus on integrating Duet AI. Additionally, various other beneficial updates are in store for several apps, such as Google Chat.
The feature is now available in beta on several Workspace plans (full availability on the roadmap for early next year), enabling messaging interoperability between Chat and other services like Slack and Microsoft Teams. Google, which partnered with a company called Mio to make this feature work, suggests that this could be handy for organizations that use a variety of messaging apps.
“We know that communication and collaboration happen through multiple channels and tools,” Google wrote in the announcement message. “This can lead to missing messages, communication silos and the frustrating experience of tracking multiple chat tools.” It notes that organizations need Mio licenses to use the feature. According to the GIF shared by Google, it appears that if you edit a message in one of the connected apps, the change is replicated in the others.
Meanwhile, 9to5 Google reports that Chat will get support for voice messages. According to Google, these allow users to “record typing, and recipients can hear the tone and context of the message.” The feature should be available in early 2024, but it’s unclear if it will be available for group chats and one-on-one DMs. It is also uncertain whether the jump results in transcriptional support.
