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Slack unveils upgraded ‘Huddles’ with video, screen sharing, reactions; ‘GovSlack’ launching in the US

Slack Huddles video screen sharing

With its Frontiers conference kicking off today, Slack announced major updates coming to its “Huddles” feature to offer more ways to collaborate with teammates. The pop-up chat feature will be getting support for video, multi-person screen sharing, reactions/emoji, and more. Meanwhile, “GovSlack,” a “digital HQ to support secure government work” will be launching in July for US agencies.

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Slack introduces audio feature ‘Huddles’ to re-create informal office discussions

Do you miss the office? Not the TV show, but the place you used to go to work and have informal conversations with your coworkers? Well, Slack is aiming to re-create the experience with a new audio “Huddles” platform and a few other features coming to the business chat app to help you relive the days of your in-person 9 to 5 job.

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Slack debuts new feature that lets you direct message anyone [Update: Pulls custom invite messages]

Slack Connect DMs were unveiled last fall and now the company is rolling out support for the new feature. It means you can message partners, clients, etc. outside of your organization or anyone that’s on Slack. Going further, Slack also teased more advanced communication features coming later this year to create private business networks that will link multiple organizations.

Update: Discovered by Menotti Minutillo, it looks like Slack may need to update how Connect DMs work to prevent the feature from being abused. For now, there doesn’t appear to be a way to block incoming invites and the included custom messages. Check out the tweet from Menotti below for full details.

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Slack for iOS gets major redesign with bottom bar UI including tabs for DMs, mentions, more

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Back in March Slack pushed out a big update for its desktop experience and now Slack for iOS is getting its own major update that offers an all-new UI. The redesign brings a bottom bar navigation with tabs for easy access to some of the most used parts of the app, the new shortcuts button, and more. Follow along for a closer look at all the changes…


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