Using Chat with Stony Brook and External Users
You can use Google Chat to communicate with both Stony Brook University and external users who have Google Accounts.
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This Information is Intended for:
Instructors,
Staff,
Students
Google Chat works among users with Stony Brook University Google Accounts, @gmail.com users, and Google users whose organizations have turned Google Chat on.
You can even create Google Chat Spaces that allow External users (Google Account required).
If you try to use Google Chat with someone who cannot receive Google Chat messages, you'll get an error:
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This Content Last Updated:
05/13/2025