Business Productivity

2020 has been a challenging time for any organization that needs to physically bring people together, and especially schools. A common approach to help teachers and school children come together safely, is to ask parents to provide information every day before dropping their kids off at school. This post highlights the key decisions and steps […]

The Amazon Chime SDKs for iOS and Android allow application developers to integrate real time audio, video and screen share functionality into their iOS and Android applications. The screen sharing functionality uses the same content sharing concept introduced in the Amazon Chime SDK for JavaScript (except that audio sharing is not supported). With screen sharing, […]

Amazon Honeycode gives you the power to build custom apps without programming. Honeycode apps are built in four steps: Organize your data in Tables. Build apps using the drag-and-drop App Builder. Use Automations to replace manual steps in your process. Share your apps with your team. Honeycode lets you get started quickly by using an app […]

Customers are always looking for easy ways to join work meetings virtually with high-quality video and audio. There can be technical challenges connecting to a meeting or unreliable video and audio. There are also inherent problems such as simultaneously using a computer as a screen for the meeting and a device to draft notes. The […]

Overview We have heard from Amazon Chime SDK customers since our launch in 2019 that they need messaging features in their applications. Telehealth customers want to enable real-time and asynchronous communication between care providers and patients. Live event hosts want participants to discuss content in real-time over messaging while they watch a video stream. Services […]

Overview Many people believe that programming experience is a necessary skill for building apps. However, according to Gartner, “by 2024, low-code application development will be responsible for more than 65% of application development activity”, which means that the future of app building will be simple interfaces that help people from both technical and non-technical backgrounds […]

The Amazon Chime SDK provides real-time communications components that developers can use to quickly add audio, video, and screen sharing capabilities to their own web or mobile applications. In this blog post, we introduce the open-source Amazon Chime SDK Smart Video Sending Demo. The Demo showcases how to dynamically display up to 16 video tiles […]

If you’re a company that provides customer service via phone where you engage a specialist for consultation with a customer, you are connecting two individuals for a limited amount of time. Unless you use masked phone numbers to connect those individuals, they may be required to share their personal phone numbers. We hear customers say […]

Apple’s CallKit is a framework introduced with iOS 10. It gives users the ability to handle VoIP calls from third party apps, such as Skype, similar to how they would handle a system phone call. If your iOS application is currently using Amazon Chime SDK without Apple’s CallKit, you will notice that in-application audio cannot be started […]

Over the course of the last six months, video has gone from a technology previously used in only a small number of meetings to a mission-critical application required for most business interactions. Whether it’s a telehealth consult with your doctor or a remote classroom, most organizations and individuals see the value of video across industry, […]