Amazon takes on Skype and GoToMeeting with its Chime video conferencing app

Feb14

by Sindy Cator on February 14, 2017 at 7:05 am

Amazon has launched Chime, a video conferencing and chat service that promises less shitty remote meetings and group calls. Aimed at business users and available for Windows, Mac, Android and iOS, Chime lets you hold video chats with up to 16 people on your desktop or 8 people on mobile devices; participants can also share their screens and files, record meetings (voice video and shared files are included) and even dial in to a meeting with a standard phone line. The company says that its new app is totally secure, thanks to 256-bit encryption that’s used across Amazon Web Services…