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Amazon stated it will cease assist for its unified communications service, Chime, subsequent yr and won’t settle for new prospects starting Wednesday.
Amazon workers have lengthy used Chime, which lets customers meet, chat and place enterprise calls inside and outdoors the group, as a most well-liked service for video calls.
“After cautious consideration, we have now determined to finish assist for the Amazon Chime service, together with enterprise calling options, efficient February 20, 2026,” Amazon’s cloud unit AWS stated in a weblog submit.
Earlier this week, the corporate additionally shut down Encourage, its TikTok-like, short-form video and photograph feed that was beforehand accessible in its cellular app, in line with a number of media experiences.
Amazon is about to launch its long-awaited — and delayed — Alexa generative synthetic intelligence voice service and has scheduled a press occasion later this month to preview it, Reuters solely reported earlier in February.
AWS reported a 19% rise in income to $28.79 billion for the primary quarter, falling wanting an estimate of $28.87 billion, in line with information compiled by LSEG. Amazon joins smaller cloud suppliers Microsoft MSFT.O and Google in reporting weak cloud numbers.
