Amazon shuts down Chime, its Zoom alternative

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Amazon Pulls the Plug on 'Chime,' Its Zoom Alternative

Amazon will also discontinue its internal use of Chime and replace it with Zoom.

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Amazon shuts down Chime, its Zoom alternative

Amazon Chime, the tech giant's underwhelming alternative to Zoom and Google Meet, is shutting down for good. The company on Wednesday confirmed it will

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Amazon to end support for Chime

Amazon announced on Wednesday that it will end support for its Chime business collaboration app by February 2026. The company will stop accepting new customers for the service effective immediately. Existing users who created an Amazon Chime account before February 19, 2023, can continue using the app’s features, including business calling, scheduling, and hosting meetings, until the end date. However, the service will no longer be available aft…

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Amazon concedes that Chime SDK makes far more sense than the Chime application itself

Amazon’s announcement on Wednesday that it is abandoning its Chime collaboration app, while stressing that it will double down on the far more successful Chime software development kit (SDK), was an example of Amazon being Amazon. It knows what it does well, and where to focus. Analysts said that the Chime app made some sense when it was introduced in February 2017, but that sharply changed in 2000 when the pandemic hit. Microsoft and Zoom added…

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Big UC News From Amazon, Zoom, Avaya, and RingCentral

Amazon Is Shuttering Chime, Adopts Zoom for Meetings AWS is shuttering its UCaaS offering, Chime, catalysing further discussion about the UCaaS space’s commoditisation and consolidation. Effective almost a year from now, February 20 2026, AWS will entirely discontinue support for Chime, including Business Calling Features, meaning users can no longer host meetings, manage accounts, or access Business Calling features. Customers who need assistan…

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the end of its Amazon Chime communication platform. The service, which bundles video conferencing, chat and business telephony in one application, will be discontinued on February 20, 2026. As of February 19, 2025, AWS will no longer accept new customers. Existing customers with team or enterprise accounts can use the platform fully until February 2026. This includes both business calling functions as well…