# 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:** ![James\_Cribbs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/james_cribbs/32/249821_2.png) [@James\_Cribbs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/James_Cribbs)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734/126 "2022-04-18T19:50:16Z")

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This will be a huge feature for my community. I’ve been wanting an ad-hoc, synchronous way for users to communicate but I didn’t want to add another disjointed platform into the mix. Can’t wait for this be GA!

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