In Google Chat, you can send a video message to a person or group.
Send a video message
Important: If you send a message to someone for the first time, they must accept your message request before you can chat with them.
- On your computer, open Google Chat or Gmail.
- In Gmail: On the left, click Chat.
- Click New chat.
- Enter a name or an email address.
- Click Start chat.
- When you enter a name or email address, you can get suggestions.
- To start a group direct message (DM), add more names or email addresses.
- At the bottom, in the reply area, click
Video message
.
- In the popup, to start recording, click Record
.
- To pause recording, click Pause
.
- Select an option:
Send
Preview
- After you preview the video, you can choose to restart or send the video message.