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Hangout Chat is sending only new messages to the Bot, edits and deletes are not being sent and there is no info either in the documentation https://developers.google.com/hangouts/chat/reference/message-formats/events

Another issue is, bot's getting message only when its mentioned in a room, all other messages are not sent to bot.

How can i resolve/work around these issues?

Manoj
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  • To interact without a user mention to the bot, you’ll need to direct message the bot. You can also submit feature requests to google to hopefully get the above functionality added. – Brett Reinhard Apr 28 '18 at 02:35

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Hangouts Chat bots is only sent new messages. Edited messages don't get sent to the bot. Though as Brett mentioned you can submit a feature request if you can think of use cases for the functionality (see below).

I suggest checking the Hangouts Chat API support page and search whether someone's filed a feature request (FR) on Google's issue tracker. If so, star it and add a link to it here via a comment. If not, file a new feature request and also link it here so others can vote on it.

As for the purpose of @mentioning a bot in rooms, this is likely done for privacy/security purposes. Having a bot or bots always listening to conversations in a room could raise such concerns. I'd expect bots to only get messages when it is directly @mentioned in a room unless Google feels otherwise. Who knows... may be if enough people star it, they may consider it.

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