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Slack enables users to communicate and collaborate through channels, which can be set to limited, private or public. (Shutterstock/-)
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ore and more communication-based apps are providing data-based call features on their platform. The latest one is Slack, which allows users to simply click on the call button located near its icon's name to speak to other users in any channel or group DM.
As reported by The Next Web, the new feature had taken into effect on Wednesday after a series of failures during feature testing.
Slack introduces a new call feature that lets its users call other in the channel or group DM.(Slack/-)
Available in all forms of its platform, the service also includes a feature named call emoji that, as the name suggests, lets users respond to any incoming call by sending an emoji.
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Slack enables users to communicate and collaborate through channels, which can be set to limited, private or public. It allows you to drag, drop and share your files, integrate with other apps and search your entire archive.
Aside from the call feature, users can also respond by sharing emojis to the incoming call.(Slack/-)
Launched in 2013, the app was initially developed as an internal communication tool by Stewart Butterfield, Eric Costello, Cal Henderson and Serguei Mourachov.
Aside from Slack, there are other apps that let users carry out integrated collaboration, including Trello and Asana. While users interested in making free calls online can try WhatsApp, Line or Viber. (kes)
