diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/Chat.tsx b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/Chat.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..965280a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/Chat.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+import type { ChatMessage, ChatOptions } from '@livekit/components-core'
+import * as React from 'react'
+import {
+  ChatCloseIcon,
+  ChatEntry,
+  ChatToggle,
+  MessageFormatter,
+  useChat,
+  useMaybeLayoutContext,
+} from '@livekit/components-react'
+import { cloneSingleChild } from '@/features/rooms/utils/cloneSingleChild'
+
+/** @public */
+export interface ChatProps
+  extends React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement>,
+    ChatOptions {
+  messageFormatter?: MessageFormatter
+}
+
+/**
+ * The Chat component adds a basis chat functionality to the LiveKit room. The messages are distributed to all participants
+ * in the room. Only users who are in the room at the time of dispatch will receive the message.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```tsx
+ * <LiveKitRoom>
+ *   <Chat />
+ * </LiveKitRoom>
+ * ```
+ * @public
+ */
+export function Chat({
+  messageFormatter,
+  messageDecoder,
+  messageEncoder,
+  channelTopic,
+  ...props
+}: ChatProps) {
+  const inputRef = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null)
+  const ulRef = React.useRef<HTMLUListElement>(null)
+
+  const chatOptions: ChatOptions = React.useMemo(() => {
+    return { messageDecoder, messageEncoder, channelTopic }
+  }, [messageDecoder, messageEncoder, channelTopic])
+
+  const { send, chatMessages, isSending } = useChat(chatOptions)
+
+  const layoutContext = useMaybeLayoutContext()
+  const lastReadMsgAt = React.useRef<ChatMessage['timestamp']>(0)
+
+  async function handleSubmit(event: React.FormEvent) {
+    event.preventDefault()
+    if (inputRef.current && inputRef.current.value.trim() !== '') {
+      if (send) {
+        await send(inputRef.current.value)
+        inputRef.current.value = ''
+        inputRef.current.focus()
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (ulRef) {
+      ulRef.current?.scrollTo({ top: ulRef.current.scrollHeight })
+    }
+  }, [ulRef, chatMessages])
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (!layoutContext || chatMessages.length === 0) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (
+      layoutContext.widget.state?.showChat &&
+      chatMessages.length > 0 &&
+      lastReadMsgAt.current !== chatMessages[chatMessages.length - 1]?.timestamp
+    ) {
+      lastReadMsgAt.current = chatMessages[chatMessages.length - 1]?.timestamp
+      return
+    }
+
+    const unreadMessageCount = chatMessages.filter(
+      (msg) => !lastReadMsgAt.current || msg.timestamp > lastReadMsgAt.current
+    ).length
+
+    const { widget } = layoutContext
+    if (
+      unreadMessageCount > 0 &&
+      widget.state?.unreadMessages !== unreadMessageCount
+    ) {
+      widget.dispatch?.({ msg: 'unread_msg', count: unreadMessageCount })
+    }
+  }, [chatMessages, layoutContext, layoutContext?.widget])
+
+  return (
+    <div {...props} className="lk-chat">
+      <div className="lk-chat-header">
+        Messages
+        <ChatToggle className="lk-close-button">
+          <ChatCloseIcon />
+        </ChatToggle>
+      </div>
+
+      <ul className="lk-list lk-chat-messages" ref={ulRef}>
+        {props.children
+          ? chatMessages.map((msg, idx) =>
+              cloneSingleChild(props.children, {
+                entry: msg,
+                key: msg.id ?? idx,
+                messageFormatter,
+              })
+            )
+          : chatMessages.map((msg, idx, allMsg) => {
+              const hideName = idx >= 1 && allMsg[idx - 1].from === msg.from
+              // If the time delta between two messages is bigger than 60s show timestamp.
+              const hideTimestamp =
+                idx >= 1 && msg.timestamp - allMsg[idx - 1].timestamp < 60_000
+
+              return (
+                <ChatEntry
+                  key={msg.id ?? idx}
+                  hideName={hideName}
+                  hideTimestamp={hideName === false ? false : hideTimestamp} // If we show the name always show the timestamp as well.
+                  entry={msg}
+                  messageFormatter={messageFormatter}
+                />
+              )
+            })}
+      </ul>
+      <form className="lk-chat-form" onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
+        <input
+          className="lk-form-control lk-chat-form-input"
+          disabled={isSending}
+          ref={inputRef}
+          type="text"
+          placeholder="Enter a message..."
+          onInput={(ev) => ev.stopPropagation()}
+          onKeyDown={(ev) => ev.stopPropagation()}
+          onKeyUp={(ev) => ev.stopPropagation()}
+        />
+        <button
+          type="submit"
+          className="lk-button lk-chat-form-button"
+          disabled={isSending}
+        >
+          Send
+        </button>
+      </form>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/VideoConference.tsx b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/VideoConference.tsx
index c78a5632..808e687c 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/VideoConference.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/VideoConference.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import {
   usePinnedTracks,
   useTracks,
   useCreateLayoutContext,
-  Chat,
 } from '@livekit/components-react'
 
 import { ControlBar } from './ControlBar'
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ import { FocusLayout } from '../components/FocusLayout'
 import { ParticipantTile } from '../components/ParticipantTile'
 import { SidePanel } from '../components/SidePanel'
 import { MainNotificationToast } from '@/features/notifications/MainNotificationToast'
+import { Chat } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/Chat'
 
 const LayoutWrapper = styled(
   'div',
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/utils/cloneSingleChild.ts b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/utils/cloneSingleChild.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06b618a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/utils/cloneSingleChild.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import clsx from 'clsx'
+
+/** @internal function from LiveKit*/
+export function cloneSingleChild(
+  children: React.ReactNode | React.ReactNode[],
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  props?: Record<string, any>,
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  key?: any
+) {
+  return React.Children.map(children, (child) => {
+    // Checking isValidElement is the safe way and avoids a typescript
+    // error too.
+    if (React.isValidElement(child) && React.Children.only(children)) {
+      if (child.props.class) {
+        // make sure we retain classnames of both passed props and child
+        props ??= {}
+        props.class = clsx(child.props.class, props.class)
+        props.style = { ...child.props.style, ...props.style }
+      }
+      return React.cloneElement(child, { ...props, key })
+    }
+    return child
+  })
+}