While only in the desktop version.
Corporate messenger Slack begins to enter the function of voice calls. For the first time we are talking about it last year when Slack bought Screenhero application.
According to TechCrunch, the beta-testing a new feature with audio conferencing and support for Emoji emoticons during the call is available at the present time about 50% of users of the desktop version of Slack.
Soon, the function will be introduced throughout the world, and later will add instant messenger and video.
As noted by the Fortune, the introduction of voice communication in Slack can significantly oust competitors in the market of the messenger, and in the first Skype.
Meanwhile in the owner of Skype Microsoft's seriously discussing the possibility of acquiring Slack for $ 8 billion, but the company's management as there is on this issue serious differences.
Purchasing Slack actively supports the vice-president of services Qi Lu, while the company's CEO Satya Nadella and former chairman and Microsoft founder Bill Gates is against.
Slack Currently used by more than 2.3 million corporate users, 700 thousand of them on a paid subscription. Service is recognized as the fastest growing business tool in history. Over the past year, its audience has grown more than twice.
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