Groups

What it is

Groups let you chat with several people and plan a place and time to meet.

How to use groups

1. Go to Messages → Groups and make a group. Choose a name of up to 30 characters and an emoji.
2. Add people by username. They’ll get an invite in their chats with a Join button.
3. Chat as you would in a DM. @mention someone to send them a push notification.
4. To plan a meetup, tap Plan, then choose a place and time. Members can tap I'm in and get a reminder with Go now.
5. To pin a message, use Pins and admins. The group creator or an admin can pin messages. The creator can rename the group, remove people and make someone an admin.
6. To add people while chatting, open the group’s ⋯ menu. Enter usernames and add people one after another.

Rules & numbers

• A group can have up to 100 members. There’s no limit on how many groups you can join or create.
• You can make up to 5 plans per group, up to 3 days ahead.
• You can pin up to 3 messages per group.
• You can send 40 invites a day. An invite expires after 3 days if it hasn’t been answered.
• Your group list and heartbeat news show your newest 200 groups. Your people list treats you as a mate in your newest 10 groups.
• If the creator leaves, the longest-standing member takes over. If the last member leaves, the group is deleted.
• Push notifications are sent at most once every 3 minutes per group.