Google Chat is an Android app developed by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View 94043). Others apps created by Google LLC are: Google Home, Google Pay (Tez), Google Translate, Google Wallet, YouTube Kids, YouTube TV.

Google Chat first became available on 28 Feb 2018. It is estimated that Google Chat has been downloaded between 10000000 and 50000000 times from the Play Store.

Google Chat 2022.09.04.472750199.Release requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Marker permission for applications that wish to access notification policy.

Required to be able to access the camera device.

Allows an application to find out the space used by any package.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting. If you don't request this permission, you will not receive the broadcast at that time. Though holding this permission does not have any security implications, it can have a negative impact on the user experience by increasing the amount of time it takes the system to start and allowing applications to have themselves running without the user being aware of them. As such, you must explicitly declare your use of this facility to make that visible to the user.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write to external storage.