Using the Amazon Chime Meetings App for Slack - Amazon Chime
Setting up the Amazon Chime Meetings App for SlackStarting calls or meetings

Using the Amazon Chime Meetings App for Slack

You use the Amazon Chime Meetings App for Slack to start instant meetings or calls with the people in your Slack organization or workspace. You can also use the Amazon Chime Meetings App for Slack to join scheduled meetings in your Slack workspace.

To use the Amazon Chime Meetings App for Slack, you only need to provide your Slack user credentials once, and you don't need an Amazon Chime account or user profile.

Setting up the Amazon Chime Meetings App for Slack

Note

Your Amazon Chime administrator must install the Amazon Chime Meetings App for Slack before you can use it. If you can't complete these steps, contact your supervisor or system administrator.

The following steps explain how to set up the Amazon Chime Meetings App for Slack in your Slack workspace.

To set up the Amazon Chime Meetings App for Slack

  1. In a Slack thread or channel, enter /chime @attendee, where attendee is the name of one other attendee. Enter the name as it appears in Slack. You can enter your name, if you'd prefer. For example, /chime @jane doe.

  2. On the Terms and Conditions page, choose Continue.

  3. On the next page, choose Allow.

When the setup process finishes, a phone icon ( An icon of a telephone receiver. ) appears in the upper-right corner of the Slack screen. The icon only appears in your message threads, not your channels.

Starting calls or meetings

The steps in this topic explain how to start Amazon Chime Meetings App for Slack calls and meetings. You can do either of the following:

  • In a direct message thread, use the Call command ( An icon of a telephone receiver. ).

  • In a channel, enter /chime @attendee1 @attendee2. You must use this command to start meetings in channels. You can also use it in direct message threads.

To use the Call command

  1. In a direct message thread, choose the Call icon in the upper-right corner of the Slack window.

  2. Choose Amazon Chime Meeting.

  3. Choose Open Link.

The call automatically opens in your browser. The person you invite can decline your call. For information about switching from your browser to the desktop client, see Why meetings sometimes open in your browser.

To use the /chime command

  1. In a channel or message thread, enter /chime @attendee @attendee where attendee is the name of another channel member, or of someone on the message thread. Enter the names as shown in Slack. You can enter a maximum of 100 names.

  2. Press Enter.

  3. In the resulting call block, choose Join.

The call automatically opens in your browser. The person you invite can decline your call. For information about switching from your browser to the desktop client, see Why meetings sometimes open in your browser.