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Slack and Amazon vs. Microsoft Teams: Why voice and video are essential in enterprise messaging

Written by Lauren | Jun 8, 2020 7:48:11 PM

Slack and Amazon recently announced a significant partnership where Slack will power its voice and video infrastructure with Amazon Chime. This deal is significant for several reasons — on the surface, it will help Slack enable video calls on mobile and provide text transcription. But digging deeper, it’s clear that a robust calling investment is critical in driving Slack’s growth and adoption.