Amazon Web Services (AWS) last Wednesday, February 19, informed clients that it will no longer accept new customers for its Amazon Chime collaboration solution and will stop supporting this service after a year.
In a message published on the mentioned company’s blog, it was noted that after careful consideration, it was decided to end support for the Amazon Chime service, including business call functions, from February 20, 2026. This service has already stopped accepting new customers.
Existing clients who created an account before February 19 can continue to use the Amazon Chime features supported through the service’s administration console until February 20 next year. After the mentioned date, consumers will no longer be able to host meetings, manage users, or use business call functions.
Amazon Chime provides a single app that allows customers to meet, chat, and place business calls inside and outside their organization.
Users are offered a transition to other collaboration solutions such as AWS Wickr, Zoom, Webex, and Slack.
Amazon launched Chime through AWS in February 2017, and the software for calls and video messaging competes with Webex and Skype for Business.
Recently, the number of collaboration tools that use generative artificial intelligence to streamline project management, communication, and workflows has been increasing. Experts note that the software can include intelligent meeting schedulers, real-time document collaboration, virtual assistants, and adaptive workflow management systems.
This week, Amazon also announced the shutdown of Inspire, a social commerce feature with video and photo feeds of products that the company added to its mobile app in 2022. An Amazon spokesperson, while talking to media representatives, stated that the company regularly evaluates various functions to better align with what most matters to customers.
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