Fresh virtual meeting platform in the market

Competing with Google Hangouts and Skype, Amazon Chime is a social and communication service that makes it easy for you to connect with people no matter where they are in the world. The program’s outstanding feature is its simplicity as conversations can be started with just one click or tap. It supports both video and audio calls with screen sharing capabilities as well.

This video conference tool is offered in two licenses: Amazon Chime Basic and Amazon Chime Pro. You can freely experience all the features that it provides in Chime Basic but, it will require you to sign up.

Chime Basic vs. Chime Pro

Amazon Chime is compatible with desktop computers and laptops. You can switch between devices for video and voice chat meetings. Useful features include chat rooms, remote desktop control, and screen sharing. You are also able to share meeting URLs with attendees and record meetings. This set of features make the application an affordable alternative to costly meeting software and services that cater to businesses and other enterprises. 

As stated, Chime’s Basic plan is free, although its meeting, share screen, and control remote desktop capability is limited to 1:1 only. It does support person-to-person and group chat features but still, many of its functions are actually paywall restricted. Purchasing the Pro plan can unlock most features that are ideal for larger business needs as it allows meetings for up to 250 participants.

Flexible and easy online meetings

By making online meetings easier to organize, Amazon Chime helps businesses connect and increase productivity. In addition to its easy-to-use and simple design, many features make communicating effortless. For instance, the application automatically reconnects users that have been dropped. On top of that, there are various communication options that you can choose from depending on your personal or business needs.

You can select among meetings, chat, and business calling or you can use its special Amazon Chime Voice Connector service. This is a Chime-exclusive feature that allows enterprises to migrate their telephony workloads to AWS (Amazon Web Services). It’s a unique function that supports either inbound, outbound, or both calls. Furthermore, developers can utilize this utility to build PSTN calling within their applications or stream audio for phone call analytics and machine learning also.      

A simple communications service for meetings

Overall, Amazon Chime can be a notable alternative to other online meeting services like WebEx, Skype, and Google Hangouts. Its representative feature is its simplicity that will only require a single click to start various communication towards other people. Its basic features can suffice personal meeting needs but if it’s for big enterprises, you are encouraged to spend some bucks in subscribing to its Pro package plan. 

A single, easy-to-use communications application that you can trust

Online meetings

Amazon Chime is designed to help you run productive and efficient online meetings from your mobile device or your desktop. Meetings start on time, they’re easy to join with a single tap or click, the visual roster shows who is participating, and anyone can mute background noise. It’s easy to participate, and you can join from anywhere.

Video Conferencing

Amazon Chime allows you to conduct video conference calls with a single tap or click. You can use video conferencing for up to 16 people on your desktop, or 8 people on mobile devices, with easy to see video tiles displayed on your screen. High-quality wideband audio and high-definition video allow you to focus on the conversation instead of straining to hear what is being said.

Chat

Amazon Chime allows you to chat with people, inside or outside your organization. You are notified when you have new messages, and you can see when your sent messages have been sent, delivered, and read. You can chat with just one person, or in a group, and you can share files instantly by simply attaching them to the conversation. Your chats are automatically synchronized across your devices, and your chat history is searchable.

Chat Rooms

Amazon Chime allows you to create Chat Rooms to easily bring groups of people together to work on projects. @Username mentions allow you to alert the right people in the room, and you can share files by simply attaching them to the conversation. Chat Rooms are available on all your devices, and chat history is searchable

Smart Presence 

Amazon Chime uses smart presence to indicate your status, where green means you’re available, and red means you’re busy. You can also manually set your presence to indicate that you’re not available, or hide your presence status entirely.

Drag, Drop and Share Your Files 

Amazon Chime allows you to share files instantly by simply attaching them in a meeting, a chat, or a chat room. Files are sent securely, and recipients can save them to their device.