Write messages in Google Chat on behalf of a group

[Florian_AY]

In Google Mail, there is a possibility to write messages on behalf of a group. Is this somehow possible in Google Chat as well or do you always need a user account?

[Jan-Carlos · Accepted solution]

Hello!

In Google Chat, sending messages "on behalf of a group" isn't natively supported in the same way it is in Gmail, where you can send emails as a group or alias. In Google Chat, messages are tied to individual user accounts, and there's no direct option to send messages explicitly on behalf of a group.

Hope it helps!

[Florian_AY]

Ok, thanks for the quick reply. Would have been a good feature

[bill_pier3]

How might that work?  And what's the use case?

[Florian_AY]

We have an announcement space. Here our IT, Press, Front Desk, Works Council and other teams would like to share important information. Some of them have groups like workscouncil@TLD - It would have been great if all in that group who are in works council can then post messages

[bill_pier3]

While it's not currently a built-in feature, a Chat app could be written using the Chat API to send a message (using the Card UI for example) to the Group on behalf of a group ... by verifying a special groups membership.

The message attribution can also actually be the Chat app instead of the originating user.

[Jo_Schneider]

Is it a good way to mentions ( @group ) a limited or just the concerned people in a larger spaces. This feature is available in slack 😉 and it was very helpfull