What’s changing
You now can add rich formatting to Chat messages, such as bold, italics, or underlines. Rich text can also be accessed using standard keyboard shortcuts.
Simply press the "A" icon in the chat compose bar to expand the formatting toolbar.
Activating rich text editing from the compose bar
Rich text editing is open and applied
Who’s impacted
End users
Why you’d use it
Previously, Chat supported plain text or markdown characters only. With this update, users can easily format their text as needed directly in the compose bar.
Getting started
- Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
- End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about how to add formatting to your Google Chat messages
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on January 20, 2022
Availability
- Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers