CHAT WITH GOOGLE PROFESSIONAL

The alphabetical sorting of conversations means hunting down the person you were just talking to. It’s completely unwieldy with more than 20 active conversations.

CHAT WITH GOOGLE PROFESSIONAL

I used Hangouts and now use Chat in a professional environment, for more casual short form comms, and it’s clear after 6 weeks of heavy use that Chat wasn’t designed for anything more than light usage. Google Chat is at its best on the mobile app, but if you’re using it regularly, across mobile and in the desktop chrome extension, you’ll quickly see the questionable choices made by the developers. Unfortunately, that’s about where the improvements end. That’s really nice and a feature we were hoping for coming from Hangouts. To see how long you must be subscribed and how long you’ve already subscribed, tap Info from the live chat message box.Google Chat added the ability to have rooms where specific topic threads can be created. If the chat is subscribers-only, the channel can specify how long viewers need to be subscribed. Subscribers-only and members-only chatĪ channel can make their live chat members-only or subscribers-only. Viewers cannot post special characters, URLs, or HTML tags. Event owners are not subject to the frequency threshold. Viewers are limited to 200 characters and a maximum of 11 submissions every 30 seconds. This highlight makes it easier for them to see your response in the chat feed. You can respond to someone in the chat feed by mentioning their username.īoth you and the mentioned chat member will see their username highlighted in the live chat. Click into where it says “Say Something” and begin entering text.On a computer: While writing a chat message or comment, tap to add a YouTube emote. On mobile: While writing a chat message, tap to add a YouTube emote. They can be found in the emoji picker above the standard emoji set. These emotes are created by a diverse set of artists for you to use to express your feelings or ideas. YouTube emotes are a set of static images that are only available on YouTube and can only be used in live chat and comments. Add a YouTube Emote to your comment or message You can also clear the setting by your clearing browser cookies and other site data or signing out of YouTube. To change your default, select a different emoji variation. Your settings will be saved for future use. Note: On a computer, you can press and hold an emoji to customize the appearance. On a computer: While writing a chat message, tap Add Emoji. On mobile: While writing a chat message, tap to add a YouTube emoji or the emoji icon on your device’s keyboard to add emoji from your device's operating system. Anyone can use a large number of emoji, and creators can make custom emoji that are available as a channel membership perk. To delete questions that are pinned to the chat window, click the menu, then click Delete.Įmoji are small pictures that can express an emotion, idea, and more.To delete a question that you’ve submitted that has not been pinned to chats, go to My Activity. Viewers can only submit 1 question per minute. Note: Live Q&A details are not available in YouTube Analytics. All unanswered questions in the list will be deleted and Live Q&A sessions will be available in Chat Replay. To end your Live Q&A, from the prompt banner at the top of the chat click End Q&A.Note: Click the down arrow at the top of the chat menu and select Top Chat or All Chat to view messages in Live Chat. Click Close to dismiss a question banner from the chat window. To answer a question, go to the Questions List, select a question to answer, click the menu, and click Select Question. The question will be pinned to the top of the chat window and visible to your viewers.

The Questions List will appear in the chat window after a Q&A session begins.From the bottom of the chat window, click then select Start a Q&A.Schedule or start a live stream or a Premiere.If you are streaming through the YouTube Mobile App, you can manage your mobile live stream through Live Control Room to access Live Chat features.

Note: Live Q&A and Polls are not available on Mobile.

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