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February 19, 2025
Amazon mentioned it might cease assist for its unified communications service, Chime, subsequent 12 months and won’t settle for new clients starting Wednesday.
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Amazon staff have lengthy used Chime, which lets customers meet, chat and place enterprise calls inside and outdoors the group, as a most well-liked service for video calls.”After careful consideration, we have decided to end support for the Amazon Chime service, including business calling features, effective February 20, 2026,” Amazon’s cloud unit AWS mentioned in a weblog put up.
Earlier this week, the corporate additionally shut down Encourage, its TikTok-like, short-form video and picture feed that was beforehand accessible in its cell app, based on a number of media studies.
Amazon is ready to launch its long-awaited — and delayed — Alexa generative synthetic intelligence voice service and has scheduled a press occasion later this month to preview it, Reuters completely reported earlier in February.
AWS reported a 19% rise in income to $28.79 billion for the primary quarter, falling in need of an estimate of $28.87 billion, based on knowledge compiled by LSEG. Amazon joins smaller cloud suppliers Microsoft and Google in reporting weak cloud numbers.
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