TL;DR
- Google Chat’s desktop interface now has an option to insert stickers into messages.
- The update will be available to all users and will be enabled automatically.
- The new sticker functionality is currently exclusive to the Google Chat web interface.
Google Chat is picking up a fun new tool. Users now have the ability to send the same type of stickers that can be accessed through Gboard and Google Messages inside Google Chat messages on desktop, expanding on the existing media messaging options.
As announced by Google, the web-based Google Chat interface now has a built-in sticker picker nested alongside the existing GIF picker. Both stickers and GIFs now live behind a sticker icon in Google Chat’s message field.