TL;DR
- Google Chat is adding the ability to forward messages.
- Users aren’t able to forward internal chat messages to external users.
- The update is rolling out now on Rapid Release domains and coming to all users in February.
Google Chat is finally getting message forwarding. Starting this week, Chat users will see a new “Forward message” option in message action lists. Google’s also built in some clever protections to make sure you don’t accidentally share info with the wrong people.
In a blog post this week, Google outlined the new option. It appears when you click the three dots that appear when you click individual messages, just above the option to copy a link to that message.