# Introducing Discourse Chat (BETA)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** chat, new-feature\
**Created:** [December 1, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734 "2021-12-01T18:18:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![P2W](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/p2w/32/304345_2.png) [@P2W](https://meta.discourse.org/u/P2W)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734/111 "2022-01-31T21:06:21Z")

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A critically important enhancement, glad to see it being prirotized. We live a world where content is so real-time - chat is almost a requirement where we build communities.

Discord sent TeamSpeak to the grave with it’s focus on community building via robust chat functionality.

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