The following table describes important changes to the Amazon Chime SDK Administration Guide, beginning in March 2022. Subscribe to an RSS feed for notifications about updates to this documentation.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
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 | April 1, 2024 |
Updated service-linked role policy | The | December 8, 2023 |
Updated service-linked role policy, new meeting Regions | The | September 25, 2023 |
Voice enhancement | Administrators can now enable call enable voice enhancement, a feature that improves the audio quality of PSTN calls. For more information, refer to the Understanding voice enhancement section in Creating a call analytics configuration. | August 31, 2023 |
Updated service-linked role policy | The | April 14, 2023 |
Tagging for Voice Connectors | Administrators can now assign tags to Amazon Chime SDK Voice Connectors. Tags assign metadata in the form of key-value pairs that you define. For more information, see Using tags with Voice Connectors. | April 13, 2023 |
New and updated service linked role policies | Developers can use the AmazonChimeSDKEvents service linked role to access streaming services such as Kinesis Firehose. For more information, see
Using the AmazonChimeSDKEvents service-linked role. We also added the
| March 27, 2023 |
Call analytics and voice analytics | Administrators, and developers with administrative permissions, can configure Voice Connectors for use with call analytics. As needed, you can also enable voice analytics. For more information, see Managing Amazon Chime SDK call analytics and Configuring Voice Connectors to use call analytics in this guide. | March 27, 2023 |
Updated security policy | The AWS managed Amazon Chime SDK policy added new permissions that allow you to use Amazon Chime SDK Media Pipeline APIs to create, read and delete Media Pipelines. | January 10, 2023 |
New AWS Regions for SIP signaling | Administrators can now associate SIP media applications with AWS Regions in Asia, Canada, and Europe. For more information, see Network configuration and bandwidth requirements. | November 18, 2022 |
Alexa in-skill calling | Alexa Skill developers could enable calling directly from their skills. This feature has been removed. | November 18, 2022 |
Updated emergency 911 calling | We updated the emergency calling process. For more information, see Setting up emergency calling. | August 4, 2022 |
New service-linked role | A new service-linked role enables developers to use media pipelines in Amazon Chime SDK meetings. For more information, see AWS managed policy: AmazonChimeSDKMediaPipelinesServiceLinkedRolePolicy. | April 26, 2022 |
Amazon Chime SDK Administration Guide published | The Amazon Chime SDK Administration Guide published. For changes before March 2022, see Document history for Amazon Chime in the Amazon Chime Administrator Guide. | March 24, 2022 |
