Chat vs. Chat often occurs in a virtual chat room, which can include many different people who may or may not know each other. Many chat rooms focus on a particular topic or interest. IM usually includes a list of your contacts, called a Buddy List or Friend List, which allows you to see who is online.

What are Google chat rooms?

Chat rooms provide teams of people--inside or outside an organization--a central, searchable, communication stream. Members of a Google Chat room may start message threads, share files, or video conference with Google Meet. Importantly, Chat lets you use emoji in message threads.

Who can see my Google chats?

Your chats in Google Hangouts can only be visible to the participants in the conversation. No one outside your chat can see your messages unless you invite them to join, or someone from the conversation deliberately shares your discussion outside the app.

Does Google Chat show seen?

In these messages, youll see the avatar of the person youre chatting with to the right of the last message theyve seen,” Google had said in a blog. So basically, if you ignore a message on Google Chat, the sender will get to know that you have read the message.