March 20, 2026
Introducing the new Meetings section in Google Chat
We’re introducing a dedicated Meetings section in Google Chat—a new way to organize your conversation list and keep your meeting conversations in one place.
Previously, meeting conversations lived in your direct messages, often making it difficult to find specific project discussions or meeting notes.
You can now group all past and future meeting chats into a single, dedicated section in your conversation list. Once a meeting concludes, the meeting conversation (if used) seamlessly moves into this section, providing a persistent home for ongoing follow-ups.
When the feature becomes available, users may see a promotional in-app banner or tooltip highlighting the new Meetings section and inviting them to enable it to better organize their conversation list.
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| Image depicts a user selecting "Try it" from the promotional prompt to initiate the new Meetings section |
Once created, the new Meetings section appears as a distinct category in the conversation list, located under Direct Messages and Spaces. It acts as a smart folder that automatically aggregates any continuous meeting conversation in one place. This section can be moved, deleted, or reordered at any time.
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| Image depicts the newly created Meeting section under Direct Messages and Spaces in the conversation list |
Key benefits include:
- Organization: Keeps all meeting related conversations in one place.
- Discoverability: Easily find details from a meeting days after the call has ended.
- Control: This is an optional feature. You decide where the section sits in your conversation list, and you can move individual meeting threads to any custom section you’ve created.
Getting started
- Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
- End users: This feature is off by default and requires user opt-in. To activate this feature, users must go to the three-dot overflow menu found on any section of their conversation list. From the resulting dropdown, they should choose "Create a meeting section" and then click "Create." Once enabled, the section will appear in the conversation list beneath Direct Messages and Spaces, and can be moved or removed at any time. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
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| Image depicts a user going to the 3 dot overflow to manually create the meeting section. |
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) started on March 19, 2026
- Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 2, 2026
Availability
- Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts
Resources
- Google Workspace Updates Blog: New to Google Meet: Continue your conversations in Google Chat
- Google Help: Learn how to use Chat with Google Meet