Install the Google Chat standalone app

For a elementary fashion to use Google Chat, install the Google Chat standalone app in your Chrome Browser. This provides a native app experience and is a Progressive Web Application (PWA).

Of import: There's no Google Chat Chrome extension. For a like experience, install the standalone app.

Before you brainstorm

To install the Chat PWA standalone app, make sure:

  • Your device is running Google Chrome 73 or up.
    • Chrome doesn't need to be your default browser, but it does need to be open to utilize the Chat standalone app.
  • Y'all can install Chrome extensions and apps on your computer.
    • If yous can't consummate the installation and you use a work or schoolhouse account, contact your Google Workspace administrator.

Install the standalone app on your computer

  1. Sign in to conversation.google.com.
  2. To install the app on your estimator, try 1 of these methods:

Tips:

  • If you lot already created a Google Chrome shortcut to conversation.google.com, the standalone app automatically installs. You won't take the option to manually install the app.
  • To open the app from Google Chrome, in the address bar, enter chrome://apps and click Google Chat.
  • On a Chromebook, you can find the app from the Launcher .

Open the standalone app automatically at startup

Important: These steps don't work on Chrome OS.

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. In the address bar, enter chrome://apps.
  3. Right-click on the Chat standalone app "".
  4. Select Start App When Y'all Sign In.

Uninstall the standalone app on Mac, Windows, or Linux

Uninstall the standalone app on Chrome Os

Related resources

  • Employ Progressive Spider web Apps
  • Install and manage Chrome apps
  • Install and manage Chrome extensions

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