# 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:** ![rmccown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rmccown/32/155375_2.png) [@rmccown](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rmccown)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734/2 "2021-12-01T18:24:36Z")

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Ooh, very nice. This is a must-have feature for my site, and I have a custom plugin to wrap Rumbletalk at the moment. Having it be part of Discourse core would be a definite plus.

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