Chat is now available for Android

Great conversations can happen anywhere.

Today we are excited to share that Chat is now available on Android. Chat is a community space reimagined specifically for writers and creators—it’s like having a private social network with your favorite writer and fellow subscribers who, like you, sincerely appreciate their work.

You will see conversations in the Chat tab in your Substack app when publications you subscribe to turn it on.

Since launching Chat for iOS earlier this month, we’ve watched as readers have jumped into all manner of live conversations with the writers they love most.

To celebrate bringing Chat to Android, some beloved Substack writers plan to host their first conversations today. Subscribers can check out those conversations in the links below, and also visit their app to see new chats hosted by publications they already subscribe to.

• Emily Atkin
  opens up about burnout, drawing parallels to climate change, and asks
  HEATED
  subscribers how they deal with work stress.
  Join the chat.

• Claire Fallon
  and
  Emma Gray
  are rounding up wacky, delicious, holiday romantic comedies with
  Rich Text
  subscribers.
  Join the chat.

• Jeremy Faust, MD
  is hosting a live, open thread with the subscribers of
  Inside Medicine
  to discuss how to keep loved ones safe this holiday season.

  Join the chat.

• Political scientist

  Yascha Mounk
  is inviting the subscribers of
  Persuasion
  to ask him anything for the course of an hour.
  Join the chat.

• “Salad CEO”

  emily nunn
  invites
  The Department of Salad: Official Bulletin
  subscribers to share their favorite kitchen gadgets.
  Join the chat.

• Astronomer, science communicator, and writer

  Phil Plait
  invites paid subscribers of
  Bad Astronomy Newsletter
  to introduce themselves in his first chat.

  Join the chat.

This Substack Reads publication will also be using Chat today. Stop by our first Android thread and say hi.

What writers and their subscribers are saying about Chat

rayne fisher-quann @raynefq

i have never had more fun online than i am currently having in my substack subscriber pseudo-twitter groupchat

Austin Gravley @gravley_austin

Substack is making a compelling case for replacing Twitter for me (feat @matthewstoller)

sam @want2bewrong

the new substack chat feature is so fun it’s like reddit for girls

If you have questions about Chat, visit our Chat FAQ, check out our getting started guide, or head to the support center.