Chat with planners and colleagues
Read and send messages in OpenMove, start a chat with one or more people, share files and photos, and switch between original and translated text.
Updated October 4, 2026
The Chats tab is where you talk with your planners and colleagues. Messages you send appear in the Transportial web app, and replies from the office appear here.
Find a chat
- Open the Chats tab. Your chats are listed with the newest first.
- A number on a chat shows how many unread messages it has.
- Type in Search by keyword... to find a chat.
Send a message
- Tap a chat to open it.
- Tap Write message here... and type your message.
- Optionally, use the bold and italic buttons to format text, or undo and redo.
- To add a file or photo, tap the attachment icon and pick the file. Wait until it has uploaded.
- Tap the send icon.
If you see Some files are not uploaded yet, wait a moment for the attachment to finish uploading and tap send again.
Start a new chat
- On the Chats tab, tap the new chat icon at the top right.
- Search for a person by name.
- Tap each person you want to add. They appear at the top; tap the red cross on a picture to remove someone.
- If you selected more than one person, give the group a Title.
- Tap Start chat.
- Write your first message. A new chat shows "Say Hi, to start your conversation".
Translated messages
If your company uses translation, messages written in another language are shown in your app language. Tap Show original under a message to read the text as it was written, and Show translation to switch back.
Files in messages
- Tap an image to view it full screen.
- Tap the download icon on a file to save it. When it is done, tap Open in the message at the bottom of the screen.
Without a connection you can still read chats you opened before and write messages. OpenMove sends them as soon as you are back online. See Use OpenMove without a connection.