Short answer: No — not natively.
Google Chat (part of Google Workspace, owned by Google) and Slack (owned by Salesforce) are direct commercial competitors. Neither company has built an official integration that routes channel messages between the two platforms. A message sent in a Google Chat space does not appear in any Slack channel.
Why There Is No Native Bridge
Google and Salesforce compete directly for enterprise productivity spend. Google Workspace (Gmail, Meet, Drive, Chat) and Salesforce's Slack each represent independent platform ecosystems. There is no financial or strategic incentive for either company to build cross-platform message routing, and both companies have intentionally kept their messaging platforms closed to each other.
Who Needs This Bridge
The most common scenarios:
- M&A: A Google Workspace organization acquires a Slack-native startup. Both sides need to communicate during integration — before any migration decision is made.
- Agency + client: Creative or consulting agency on Google Chat; enterprise client on Slack (or vice versa). Per-engagement bridges required.
- Internal platform split: Business and administrative teams on Google Workspace (naturally gravitating to Google Chat), engineering and product teams on Slack for its developer integrations.
- Education: Research institutions where labs run Slack (GitHub, Jupyter integrations), while administrative offices are on Google Workspace.
How to Bridge Google Chat and Slack
SyncRivo connects to the Google Chat API (service account with Chat API enabled in Google Workspace admin) and the Slack API (OAuth2 bot token) simultaneously. Messages from Google Chat spaces route to Slack channels and vice versa — bidirectional, in real time (typically within seconds), with full thread context and the original sender's name (Slack still shows its APP label). No guest accounts required on either side. The first channel bridge is typically live during onboarding, once your Google Workspace and Slack admins approve the app.
Full guide: Can Google Chat Message Slack?
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