# Sinch Chat Channel

The Sinch Chat channel allows you to send and receive messages through your own chat app. This guide describes how to configure a Sinch Chat channel for use with the Conversation API, and covers the following topics:

- [Getting started with a Sinch Chat channel](/docs/conversation/channel-support/chat/set-up) - Prerequisites and configuration steps required to set up a  Sinch Chat channel.
- [Sinch Chat channel message support](/docs/conversation/channel-support/chat/message-support) - The message types which are natively supported on a Sinch Chat channel, and the message types which are converted into plaintext.


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