How to Manage Visible Notifications for Your Google Chat Spaces to Avoid Missing Messages

Essential Information

• Google Chat now defaults to notifying you only about messages in the main conversations and threads you actively follow within Spaces.
• If you’d like to receive notifications for all messages within Spaces, you can modify a space’s notification settings by clicking on its title, choosing ‘Notifications’, and selecting ‘All’.

Google has introduced some updates regarding how notifications for incoming messages function in Google Chat Spaces. Previously, you received notifications for any message in threads within Spaces, regardless of whether you were following them or not. The notification preferences have since been adjusted, giving you more control over your alert settings.

With the introduction of these new notification settings, Spaces will now default to ‘Main conversations’ mode, which includes notifications for messages in main conversations along with replies to threads you are following.

However, should you wish to be notified about every message and thread actively and visibly, you’ll need to adjust these settings on your own. If you’ve missed messages you thought would trigger a visible alert, here’s a quick guide to changing the settings so Google Chat notifies you about all messages within a space — keep in mind, you need to do this for each space you participate in.

Comprehensive Guide to Activate Notifications for All Messages in Google Chat Spaces

Follow these steps to change your notification settings in a Google Chat space to ensure you receive visible alerts for every message. Be mindful that this adjustment must be made for each individual space to capture all messages from that space.

Step 1: Launch the Google Chat application and navigate to the space where you wish to modify notifications.

Step 2: Tap on the space title located at the top.

Step 3: Select Notifications.

Alternatively, click the three-dot icon adjacent to the space and choose Notifications.

Step 4: In this section, you’ll see four notification options. The default is set to notify only for ‘Main conversations’. To enable notifications for all messages and threads, select All.

Step 5: Don’t forget to hit Save to confirm your changes.

And that’s all there is to it!

Note: Repeat this process for any other spaces where you want to be notified of all messages.

Now you can rest assured that you won’t miss any updates from your Google Chat spaces, whether or not you are following the inline threads.

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