Start a BBM Enterprise group chat
BBM Enterprise
group chatYou can chat in real time with a group of contacts, and share pictures, voice notes, and your location in a group chat. A group chat can include up to 250 people, including you.
You can use a broadcast group chat to send news, alerts, or announcements to users in your organization. Only chat administrators can send messages in broadcast chats and view the participant list. Participants cannot reply to, edit, retract, or add attachments to messages, but they can forward messages. In the chat list, broadcast chats are indicated by the
icon. You can create broadcast chats only if the feature has been enabled by your administrator in your

BBM Enterprise
profile.Start a group chat
- On theChatsscreen, tap
.
- TapStart Group Chat.
- Do any of the following:
- To add a contact to the group chat, tap a contact.
- To search for a co-worker to add to the group chat, in theSearch contactsfield, type a co-worker's name.
- Type a subject for the group chat.
- In theSelect Group Typelist, tap one of the following options:
- Open group
- Open group for your organization only
- Closed group (participants can invite others)
- Closed group (only administrators can invite others)
- Broadcast group (only administrators can invite others and send messages)
When you select a group type, a description of the invitation policy is displayed. - TapDone.
To go to the newest unread message in a chat, tap
New Messages
.Add more people to the group chat
- In a group chat, tap
.
- Do any of the following:
- To add a contact to the group chat, tap a contact.
- To search for a co-worker to add to the group chat, in theSearch contactsfield, type a co-worker's name.
- TapDone.
Assign administrator privileges to a group chat participant
- At the top of the chat screen, tap the chat name.
- Press the name of a participant.
- TapAdd Administrator.
Add a profile picture to a group chat
To add a profile picture, you must be a chat administrator.
- In the groups list, tap the default profile picture.
- Tap the profile picture. Tap
.
- Tap
. Do one of the following:
- TapTake picture. Take a picture and tapUse photo>Done.
- TapPicture. Browse to and select a picture. The supported file types are .jpeg, .png, or .gif. TapDone.
- TapSample picture. Tap a sample picture.
Add a picture or file to a group chat
- In a group chat, tap
>
.
- Tap a picture >Attach.
To comment on a picture, in a group chat, tap a picture. In the field at the bottom of the screen, type a comment.
To view all the pictures or files in a group chat, at the top of the screen, tap the group name. Tap
Pictures
or Files
.Change the group chat subject
To change the subject of a chat, you must be a chat administrator.
- In a group chat, at the top of the screen, tap the group chat subject.
- At the top of the screen, tap the chat subject field.
- Type a new chat subject.
Clone a group chat
If you are a group chat administrator, you can clone a group chat to create a new chat with the same participants and settings.
- In a group chat, at the top of the screen, tap
>
Clone Group. - Type a new chat subject.
- TapDone.
Mention a participant in a group chat
You can mention a participant in a group chat. If you are mentioned in a chat, a yellow @ symbol is displayed in the message bubble. When you have an unread message that you are mentioned in, the @ symbol is displayed beside the chat in the chat list.
- In the group chat, in the message field, type @. The list of chat participants is displayed.
- To narrow the list of participants, start typing the participant’s name.
- In the results, tap the participant that you want to mention. If you want to mention all chat participants, tapEveryone.
- Type your message.
Remove a participant from a group chat
- At the top of the chat screen, tap the chat name.
- TapParticipants.
- Press the name of a participant.
- TapRemove Chat Participant.
Turn on Priority notifications
When you turn on Priority notifications for a group chat, you receive a distinct audio prompt for messages that you receive in the chat, even if you have turned off sounds for standard messages.
Go to
> Notifications and verify that Play Sound for Priority Notifications is selected.

- In a group chat, click
beside the chat name.
- In a group chat, tap the chat name at the top of the screen.
- TapSettings.
- Click the check box besidePriority Notifications.
- Turn onPriority.
- Click
to return to the chat.
- Tap
to return to the chat.