Skype Gets A New Competitor: Amazon Announces Chime (geekwire.com)

Posted by msmash on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @02:40AM from the another-app-for-that dept.

Amazon has released new service to make voice and video calls and share screen. Called Chime, the service is aimed at business users. It directly competes with well-known players such as Skype, Google Hangouts, GoToMeeting, Zoom, and Cisco's WebEx, among others. From a report: Amazon Web Services today unveiled Chime, a new service that it says takes the "frustration out of meetings" by delivering video, voice, chat, and screen sharing. Instead of forcing participants to call one another on a dedicated line, Amazon Chime automatically calls all participants at the start of a meeting, so "joining a meeting is as easy as clicking a button in the app, no PIN required," the company said in a press release. Chime also shows a visual roster of participants, and allows participants to pinpoint who exactly on the call is creating annoying background noise.

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But the question... by loranger · 2017-02-14 02:44 · Score: 5, Insightful

...does it run well on all operating systems?
and... no Linux client by Dakiraun · 2017-02-14 02:52 · Score: 5, Insightful

So... just as useless as all the other offerings.
1. Re:and... no Linux client by amiga3D · 2017-02-14 03:16 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  Considering the overwhelming majority of business users have windows for an OS I'd say it's useful for their target audience.