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Document history for the Amazon Chime SDK Developer Guide

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Document history for the Amazon Chime SDK Developer Guide - Amazon Chime SDK

The following table describes important changes to the Amazon Chime Developer Guide, beginning in September 2019. For notifications about updates to this documentation, you can subscribe to an RSS feed.

ChangeDescriptionDate

Alexa in-skill calling removed

Due to changes by the Amazon Alexa team, you can no longer add Alexa calls to SIP media applications. For more information, refer to the Alexa Smart Properties page.

April 1, 2024

New meeting Regions

Developers can now use several new meeting Regions. For more information, refer to Available Regions in this guide, and Amazon Chime SDK endpoints and quotas, in the AWS General Reference.

September 25, 2023

Voice enhancement

Developers can now enable call recording and store the recorded calls in an Amazon S3 bucket. For more information, refer to Understanding voice enhancement in this guide.

August 31, 2023

Updated regions

Developers who use the Amazon Chime SDK can now use more regions. For more information, refer to Available regions.

August 29, 2023

Call analytics and voice analytics

Developers can now add low-code analytics and transcription capabilities to their solutions. For more information, refer to Using Amazon Chime SDK call analytics in this guide.

March 27, 2023

Client library for Windows

Developers can now use the Amazon Chime SDK client library for Windows, written in C++. For more information, refer to Amazon Chime SDK client library for Windows in this guide.

February 2, 2023

Updated regions

Developers who use the Amazon Chime SDK can now use more regions. For more information, refer to Available regions.

November 18, 2022

C++ client library on GitHub

Developers who use Amazon Chime SDK Meetings can now integrate with a C++ signaling client library on GitHub. For more information, refer to Integrating with a client library.

August 19, 2022

Media pipelines

Developers who use Amazon Chime SDK Meetings now create media pipelines. In turn, media pipelines consist of media capture pipelines, media concatenation pipelines, and live connector pipelines. For more information, refer to Creating Amazon Chime SDK media pipelines.

August 18, 2022

Elastic channels

Developers who use Amazon Chime SDK Messaging can now use elastic channels in their chat solutions. Elastic channels can host up to 1-million users. For more information, refer to Using elastic channels to host live events.

August 12, 2022

Emergency 911 address validation

Developers who use Amazon Chime SDK Meetings can programmatically validate the addresses that emergency calls originate from. For more information, refer to ValidateE911Address in the Amazon Chime API Reference. and Validating addresses for emergency calls in the Amazon Chime SDK Administration Guide.

August 11, 2022

Meeting tags update

Developers can now use meeting tags in the Chime and ChimeSDKMeetings namespaces. For more information, see Migrating to the Amazon Chime SDK Meetings namespace.

August 4, 2022

CallAndBridge action for Voice Connectors and Voice Connector groups

Developers who use the Amazon Chime SDK Audio Service can use the CallAndBridge action to place outbound calls to SIP trunks configured as Voice Connectors or Voice Connector Groups. For more information, refer to CallAndBridge.

July 14, 2022

AppKeys and TenantIDs

Developers who use Amazon Chime SDK Meetings can now use AppKeys and TenantIDs to control access to WebRTC media sessions from their customer's networks. For more information, refer to Using AppKeys and Tenant IDs.

July 7, 2022

Connect API

Developers who use Amazon Chime SDK Messaging can now use WebSockets to connect to back-end servers and receive messages for an AppInstanceUser. For more information, refer to Using the connect API and Using WebSockets to receive messages.

June 6, 2022

Attendee capabilities

Developers can now use capabilities to control attendees' access to audio, video, and content during Amazon Chime SDK meetings. For more information, refer to AttendeeCapabilities in the Amazon Chime SDK API Reference.

June 2, 2022

Amazon CloudWatch metrics

Developers can now take advantage of service and usage metrics that the Amazon Chime SDK publishes to CloudWatch. The metrics enable you to use CloudWatch graphs and dashboards to monitor how you consume Amazon Chime SDK services. For more information see Amazon CloudWatch metrics.

June 1, 2022

Echo reduction

Developers can now implement echo reduction, which helps keep echoes—sounds from a user’s loudspeaker that get picked up by their microphone—from circulating back into meeting audio and bringing discussions to a standstill. For more information, refer to Using echo reduction.

November 23, 2021

Call recording

Developers can now implement audio recording on one or more legs of an Amazon Chime SDK SIP media application call. For more information, refer to Using call recording. In addition, the RecordAudio action now includes new parameters, including SilenceDurationInSeconds and RecordingTerminatorUsed. For more information, refer to RecordAudio.

October 28, 2021

Background blur

Developers can now add background blur to their Amazon Chime SDK applications. For more information, refer to Using background blur.

October 21, 2021

Updated IAM policy

Developers now have an updated IAM policy that supports live transcription for Amazon Chime SDK meetings. For more information, refer to Creating IAM users or roles with the Chime SDK policy.

September 22, 2021

SIP headers

Developers can now send and receive a User-To-User header, a Diversion header, and custom SIP headers in their AWS Lambda functions. For more information, refer to Using SIP headers.

September 13, 2021

Amazon Chime SDK meetings

Developers can now use Amazon Chime SDK live transcription. For more information, refer to Using Amazon Chime SDK live transcription.

August 11, 2021

Amazon Chime SDK meetings

Developers can now create media pipelines. For more information, refer to Creating Amazon Chime SDK media capture pipelines.

July 7, 2021

Using SIP media applications with AWS Lambda functions

Title changed from "Lambda functions SDK" and content in all topics revised for accuracy. CallAndBridge section added. For more information, refer to Using the PSTN audio service and CallAndBridge.

June 17, 2021

Lambda functions SDK

Developers can build custom Lambda functions for use in the Amazon Chime SDK SIP media applications created by Amazon Chime SDK administrators. For more information, refer to Using the PSTN audio service in the Amazon Chime Developer Guide.

November 17, 2020

JavaScript SDK

Developers can use JavaScript to build Amazon Chime SDK applications. For more information, refer to Using the Amazon Chime SDK for JavaScript in the Amazon Chime Developer Guide.

November 17, 2020

Android and iOS client libraries

Developers can find the client libraries for Android, iOS, and Windows in less time and with fewer clicks. For more information, refer to Using the Amazon Chime SDK client library for Android and Using the Amazon Chime SDK client library for iOS in the Amazon Chime Developer Guide.

November 17, 2020

Proxy phone sessions

Developers can create proxy phone sessions for use with Amazon Chime SDK Voice Connectors. For more information, refer to Using the Amazon Chime SDK for JavaScript in the Amazon Chime Developer Guide.

April 7, 2020

Amazon Chime SDK content sharing

The Amazon Chime SDK supports content sharing. For more information, refer to Amazon Chime SDK architecture in the Amazon Chime Developer Guide.

March 31, 2020

Amazon Chime SDKs for Android and iOS

The Amazon Chime SDKs for Android and iOS is released. For more information, refer to Integrating with a client library in the Amazon Chime Developer Guide.

March 24, 2020

Amazon Chime SDK

The Amazon Chime SDK is released. For more information, refer to Using the Amazon Chime SDK in the Amazon Chime Developer Guide.

November 20, 2019

Amazon Chime Developer Guide

The Amazon Chime Developer Guide is released.

September 11, 2019

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