Starting an instant meeting or call

To start an Amazon Chime meeting right away rather than scheduling in advance, you can use instant meetings or call another user directly from chat.

To start an instant meeting

1. Choose Meetings, Start an Instant Meeting.

2. Choose My personal meeting ID or Generate a new ID.

3. Choose Mic & Speakers or Dial-in.

4. Add the users to invite to your call.

To start a call from chat

1. Do one of the following:

   • Follow the steps in Chatting with another user in Amazon Chime.

   • Follow the steps in Chatting with multiple users in Amazon Chime.

2. Choose the phone icon in the top-right corner of the screen.

3. The call starts with all the chat users immediately.

To start a call from your history

1. Do one of the following:

   • From the Amazon Chime desktop or web client, under Meetings and Calls, choose History.

   • From the Amazon Chime mobile app, choose Calls.

2. Select the contact to open the actions menu.

3. Choose Call.