Category: Amazon Chime SDK

Amazon Chime SDK Messaging provides the building blocks for your client applications to take advantage of chat and other real-time messaging features. To access the Amazon Chime SDK Messaging client side, applications require temporary AWS credentials. Many developers are not familiar with how to securely provide temporary AWS credentials to client applications. This post covers […]

This is a guest blog written by Toshish Jawale, CTO and co-founder of Symbl.ai. The content and opinions in this post are those of the third-party author and AWS is not responsible for the content or accuracy of this post. Symbl is a conversational AI platform that provides developers with capabilities to apply contextual comprehension […]

In late 2019 and early 2020, the concept of a “routine” shifted overnight in both professional and personal arenas. Terms like “social distancing”, “shelter at home”, and “quarantine” have become mainstream buzzwords, and many jobs normally accomplished in an office have moved to virtual settings. Making agents accessible through multiple channels (such as voice, chat, […]

Meeting events allow you to collect client metrics from your audio, video, and screen sharing applications using the Amazon Chime SDK. By integrating meeting events with Amazon CloudWatch, you can view a snapshot of critical information in the Amazon CloudWatch dashboard. For example, if a user encounters a failure while joining a meeting, you can […]

During the course of a virtual meeting, participants sometimes want to share rich media in addition to their standard audio and video. The Amazon Chime SDK enables customers to share media from other applications or browsers into a meeting, such as music for an online fitness class. You can share audio and video from your […]

2020 has been a challenging time for any organization that needs to physically bring people together, and especially schools. A common approach to help teachers and school children come together safely, is to ask parents to provide information every day before dropping their kids off at school. This post highlights the key decisions and steps […]

The Amazon Chime SDKs for iOS and Android allow application developers to integrate real time audio, video and screen share functionality into their iOS and Android applications. The screen sharing functionality uses the same content sharing concept introduced in the Amazon Chime SDK for JavaScript (except that audio sharing is not supported). With screen sharing, […]

Amazon Honeycode gives you the power to build custom apps without programming. Honeycode apps are built in four steps: Organize your data in Tables. Build apps using the drag-and-drop App Builder. Use Automations to replace manual steps in your process. Share your apps with your team. Honeycode lets you get started quickly by using an app […]

Customers are always looking for easy ways to join work meetings virtually with high-quality video and audio. There can be technical challenges connecting to a meeting or unreliable video and audio. There are also inherent problems such as simultaneously using a computer as a screen for the meeting and a device to draft notes. The […]

Overview We have heard from Amazon Chime SDK customers since our launch in 2019 that they need messaging features in their applications. Telehealth customers want to enable real-time and asynchronous communication between care providers and patients. Live event hosts want participants to discuss content in real-time over messaging while they watch a video stream. Services […]