Amazon Chime (Business Calling & Meetings App) Amazon Chime SDK
Real-time communications developer platform providing programmable APIs and SDKs for embedding audio, video, screen sharing, PSTN voice, and messaging into custom applications.
Naming timeline
- Amazon Chime (Business Calling & Meetings App)
Launched as a managed end-user video conferencing, online meetings, business calling, and chat application; retired effective February 20, 2026.
- Amazon Chime SDKCurrent name
Developer service for embedding real-time audio, video, and screen sharing powered by AWS into custom applications; remains active following the standalone Chime app retirement.
Is Amazon Chime (Business Calling & Meetings App) the same as Amazon Chime SDK?
Real-time communications developer platform providing programmable APIs and SDKs for embedding audio, video, screen sharing, PSTN voice, and messaging into custom applications. On February 19, 2025, AWS announced the deprecation of the standalone Amazon Chime end-user unified communications application (including Amazon Chime Meetings, Chat, and Business Calling), closing it to new customers immediately and ending support on February 20, 2026.
Also known as
- Amazon Chime
- Amazon Chime Team and Enterprise
Technical identifiers
Technical identifiers unchanged. This entry clarifies scope and naming rather than documenting a rename; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below are the current identifiers.
| AWS Service APIs / SDKs | chime-sdk-meetings chime-sdk-messaging chime-sdk-voice chime-sdk-identity chime-sdk-media-pipelines |
|---|---|
| AWS CLI Commands | aws chime-sdk-meetings aws chime-sdk-messaging aws chime-sdk-voice aws chime-sdk-identity aws chime-sdk-media-pipelines |
| IAM Actions & Policies | chime:* |
| Terraform Resources (aws_*) | aws_chimesdkvoice_sip_media_application aws_chimesdkvoice_voice_connector aws_chimesdkmediapipelines_media_insights_pipeline_configuration |
The modular 'chime-sdk-*' APIs, CLI commands, and 'aws_chimesdk*' Terraform resources remain fully active, whereas legacy end-user account management APIs in the original 'chime' namespace were retired with the Amazon Chime app on February 20, 2026.
Notes & disambiguation
- On February 19, 2025, AWS announced the deprecation of the standalone Amazon Chime end-user unified communications application (including Amazon Chime Meetings, Chat, and Business Calling), closing it to new customers immediately and ending support on February 20, 2026.
- Crucially, the deprecation applies only to the end-user Amazon Chime meeting and chat application; the developer-facing Amazon Chime SDK service is completely unaffected and remains actively supported.
- Amazon Chime SDK uses modular service namespaces ('chime-sdk-meetings', 'chime-sdk-messaging', 'chime-sdk-voice', 'chime-sdk-identity', 'chime-sdk-media-pipelines') and published its own standalone Administration Guide on February 19, 2025.
Sources & official documentation
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