Tag: Amazon Chime SDK

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

If you’re a company that provides customer service via phone where you engage a specialist for consultation with a customer, you are connecting two individuals for a limited amount of time. Unless you use masked phone numbers to connect those individuals, they may be required to share their personal phone numbers. We hear customers say […]

Apple’s CallKit is a framework introduced with iOS 10. It gives users the ability to handle VoIP calls from third party apps, such as Skype, similar to how they would handle a system phone call. If your iOS application is currently using Amazon Chime SDK without Apple’s CallKit, you will notice that in-application audio cannot be started […]

Over the course of the last six months, video has gone from a technology previously used in only a small number of meetings to a mission-critical application required for most business interactions. Whether it’s a telehealth consult with your doctor or a remote classroom, most organizations and individuals see the value of video across industry, […]

As a global health care company, Cerner provides a range of technology and services to its clients. In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, an area of focus for Cerner was enabling care at a distance through virtual health solutions. Cerner clients were rapidly deploying and scaling virtual health solutions to meet the needs […]

Introduction The Amazon Chime SDK is a set of real-time communications components that developers can use to quickly add audio, video, and screen sharing capabilities to their own applications. Developers can use the same communication infrastructure and services that power Amazon Chime, an online meetings service from AWS, to deliver engaging experiences in their applications. For instance, […]

The Amazon Chime SDKs for iOS and Android provide application developers native choices to add audio calling, video calling, and screen share viewing capabilities to their mobile applications. Developers can use the same communication infrastructure that powers Amazon Chime, an online meetings service from AWS, to deliver engaging experiences in their applications. This post demonstrates how to use the […]