Can Google Chat send recurring messages?

Not on its own. Google Chat's built-in schedule send posts a message once at a time you choose, and there is no option to repeat it. To send the same message every day, week or month you need an app such as Send It Later, which adds a repeat setting to a scheduled message.

How do I repeat a message in Google Chat every week?

Install Send It Later, type /later in the space, write your message and pick the first send time, then set Repeat to Every week. The message posts on that weekday at that time until you stop it or it reaches the end date you set.

What repeat intervals are available?

Every day, every workday from Monday to Friday, every week, every month, or a custom interval of every 2 to 30 days or every 2 to 12 weeks or months. You can also set a date for the repeats to stop.

Can I edit or cancel a recurring message?

Yes. Type /later list to see everything you have scheduled, including recurring messages and when each one posts next. From there you can edit the text, change the repeat interval, or cancel the whole series.

Who does a recurring message appear to come from?

Every repeat is posted as a normal message from you in the space you chose, not from a bot account.

How to Send Recurring Messages in Google Chat

Google Chat can schedule a message. It cannot repeat one. The built-in schedule send posts your message once at the time you pick, and then it is gone, so a standup prompt or a Friday report is something you end up rewriting every single week.

Send It Later adds the missing half: a repeat setting on a scheduled message, so it posts itself daily, weekly, monthly or on an interval you choose.

What Google Chat does and does not do

	Google Chat	Send It Later
Schedule a message once	Yes	Yes
Repeat it daily, weekly or monthly	No	Yes
Repeat on workdays only	No	Yes
Custom interval, such as every 3 weeks	No	Yes
Stop repeating on a set date	No	Yes
Edit or cancel the whole series	No	Yes

What people use recurring messages for

Daily standup prompts - the same question every workday at 09:00, without anyone remembering to ask it
Weekly reports - a Friday reminder to post updates before the week closes
Monthly admin - timesheets, invoices, expense deadlines
Recurring meeting reminders - an agenda link in the space an hour before the call
Rotas - on-call handovers or support duty, repeating every week or two

How to set up a recurring message

Step 1: Open the scheduling dialog

In any Google Chat space where Send It Later is installed, type /later and press Enter. You can also write the whole thing in one line, for example /later Standup time, what are you working on? tomorrow at 9am, and then add the repeat in the next step.

Step 2: Write the message and pick the first send time

Enter your message and choose the date and time for the first send. Formatting works as it does in Chat: *bold*, _italics_ and `code`. Links stay clickable when the message posts.

Scheduling a new Google Chat message with Send It Later, showing the date, time and message fields

Step 3: Choose how often it repeats

Set Repeat to whichever interval you need:

Every day
Every workday (Mon - Fri) - skips weekends, which is usually what standups want
Every week - same weekday and time as the first send
Every month
Custom - every 2 to 30 days, or every 2 to 12 weeks or months

The Repeat message setting in Send It Later for Google Chat, set to Every week with an end repeat date

You can also set an end date under End repeat at, so the series stops on its own rather than running until someone remembers to cancel it. Leave it empty and the message keeps repeating.

Step 4: Check and change it later

Type /later list to see everything you have queued. Recurring messages are marked with their interval and the next time they will post, and you can edit the text, change how often it repeats, or cancel the whole series from there.

The /later list command in Google Chat showing a scheduled message with options to edit or cancel it

Things worth knowing

Messages come from you. Each repeat posts as a normal message from your account in the space you chose, not from a bot.
Times follow your time zone. Set it once and the repeats keep to it.
Editing changes future sends. Messages already posted stay as they are; the edit applies from the next one onwards.
Mentions work. To repeat a message containing an @mention, schedule it with the mention first using the command, then open /later list and add the repeat setting.

Try it

Send It Later installs from the Google Workspace Marketplace and works in any space you are a member of. Recurring messages are included in the free trial, so you can set up a standup prompt and see it fire before deciding anything.

Add Send It Later to Google Chat

Scheduling one-off messages instead? See how to schedule and repeat messages in Google Chat. Sending the same announcement to several spaces at once? See how to send a message to multiple Google Chat spaces.