Google Chat apps can now subscribe to event notifications
Thursday, April 18, 2024
This announcement was part of Google Cloud Next ‘24. Visit the Workspace Blog to learn more about the next wave of innovations in Workspace, including enhancements to Gemini for Google Workspace.
What’s changing
Google Workspace developers registered in our Developer Preview Program have been able to build Chat apps that can subscribe to Chat events using the Google Workspace Events API. We’re pleased to announce that as of today, this functionality is now available to all Workspace developers.
Chat apps can receive events about the following types of changes in Google Chat:
- New memberships
- New or removed reactions to a message
- New, updated, or removed members in a space
- Changes to a space, such as the space name or description
Subscribing to these notifications allows Chat apps to respond to important actions in real-time. For details, see subscribe to Google Chat events in the Google Workspace Events API documentation.
Getting started
- Developers: Use our Developer Documentation for more information about working with events from Google Chat.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now
Availability
- The Google Chat API is available to all Google Workspace customers
