# User added to a new channel - real time update

**URL:** <https://community.sendbird.com/t/user-added-to-a-new-channel-real-time-update/5134>\
**Category:** JavaScript\
**Tags:** group-channel\
**Created:** [July 22, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/user-added-to-a-new-channel-real-time-update/5134 "2022-07-22T08:49:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rajath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/rajath/32/2778_2.png) [@rajath](https://community.sendbird.com/u/rajath)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/user-added-to-a-new-channel-real-time-update/5134/1 "2022-07-22T08:49:29Z")

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Hi,  
When a user is added to a new public group channel in the backend, I would like his app to automatically display the new channel. Is there any event I can listen to on the app to do this in realtime? It is a react native app using javascript SDK.

thanks,  
rajath

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**Author:** ![Tyler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/tyler/32/810_2.png) [@Tyler](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Tyler)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/user-added-to-a-new-channel-real-time-update/5134/2 "2022-07-24T23:42:35Z")

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Hello @rajath,

Welcome to the Sendbird Community.

You can utilize the channel event handlers to listen for channel updates (`onChannelChanged`) and then insert them into your view.

Here is some relevant documentation:  
V3 - [Event handler | Chat JavaScript SDK | Sendbird Docs](https://sendbird.com/docs/chat/v3/javascript/guides/event-handler#2-add-and-remove-a-channel-event-handler)  
V4 - [Add or remove a channel event handler | Chat JavaScript SDK | Sendbird Docs](https://sendbird.com/docs/chat/v4/javascript/event-handler/managing-channel-event-handlers/add-or-remove-a-channel-event-handler#4-list-of-group-channel-events)