June 25, 2025
Updates to the GitHub app for Google Chat
What’s changing
Last year, we made updates to the Google Chat integration with GitHub, a cloud-based platform that enables users to store, share and collaborate with others to write code. Today, we’re excited to announce additional updates and functionality that improve upon the overall experience using the GitHub app for Google Chat.
Starting today, users will have the ability to:
- Choose from additional controls for repository notification subscriptions, allowing users to set notifications according to their needs. For example, users can subscribe only to notifications when a deployment fails, or set notifications for Pull Requests assigned only to a particular individual.
- Create scheduled reminders, providing a new way for teams to stay on top of open pull requests.
- Set personal reminders to help keep track of pull requests that require review.
Users can set up scheduled reminders to stay on top of open pull requests
Granular notification filters enable users to subscribe to notifications based on their preferences.
Granular notification filters enable users to subscribe to notifications based on their preferences.
Getting started
- Admins: Admins can install the Github app on their users’ behalf. Visit the Help Center to learn more about installing Marketplace apps for your organization.
- End users: End users need a GitHub account to use this app, and can also search for the app in the + New Chat menu to get updates via a DM with the bot. Visit the Help Center to learn how to set up the GitHub app in Chat. Visit the Google Workspace Marketplace to learn more and access Github for Google Chat.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 25, 2025
Availability
- Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts