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On April 6, we released Amazon Chime proxy phone sessions. Developers can now easily enable two users to call or text for up to twelve hours, without requiring users to share their personal phone numbers. Instead of reaching each other using personal phone numbers, they use a number provided on demand by Amazon Chime proxy phone […]

This post demonstrates how to build a virtual classroom application using the real-time communication capabilities of the Amazon Chime SDK. Whether you are looking for a starter or a scalable solution, you can use the classroom demo application included in the Amazon Chime GitHub repository as part of this blog to get started. A classroom […]

Customers tell us that the way Amazon Chime starts meetings is a productivity game-changer for their companies. Not only does Chime auto-call start meetings on time, meetings can start as soon as someone joins, without waiting for the host, allowing available participants to start getting work done. While this works for a broad set of […]

In 2017, Amazon Chime released incoming web-hooks, allowing users to send automated messages into Chime chat rooms. Today, we take chat integrations a step further, announcing the availability of bi-directional chat bot support. With chat bots, users can send and receive information from custom-built bots in Chime chat rooms. When many people think of chat […]

Starting today, Alexa device users can join meetings using their existing Alexa devices at home or work by saying “Alexa, join my meeting”! This feature is available for all Alexa users for a limited time, even if their organization does not use Alexa for Business yet. Just say “Alexa, join my meeting” to get started! […]

AWS delivers effortless communication for Amazon Chime customers Delivering flexible options that you and your colleagues can use to stay connected and get work done. In 2017, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched Amazon Chime on Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android devices. Customers raved about the ability to instantly join meetings and engage in chat conversations […]

Amazon WorkDocs is a fully managed, secure content creation, storage, and collaboration service that allows user to access their content from anywhere on any device. Amazon WorkDocs Drive provides access to user’s cloud content directly from Windows Explorer and Mac Finder.  The  ‘WorkDocs Drive Offline Access’ feature ensures your WorkDocs cloud content is available regardless […]

After the initial launch of Amazon Chime, one specific question that we were frequently asked by our customers was if Chime would one day support letting users connect directly to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). With the release of Amazon Chime Business Calling and Amazon Chime Voice Connector, that day has arrived! Business Calling […]

Amazon WorkDocs is a secure, fully managed, content creation, file collaboration and management service, with an extensible SDK, that runs on AWS. Amazon WorkDocs makes it easy for you to share your files anytime anywhere, and we have now made it even easier to manage files on your iOS device. You can now view and […]

The Alexa Smart Scheduling Assistant helps you schedule 1:1 meetings and move meetings on your work and personal calendars using your voice. When scheduling a meeting with a contact who has shared their calendar availability with you, Alexa will suggest times that show as ‘available’ on both of your calendars, which saves you time and […]