Last July, Slack unveiled a new real-time collaborative feature called Huddles. It offered audio-only conferencing optimized for informal, on-the-fly conversations—and felt like manna for anyone who ...

Google is pushing Chat as a tool for team collaboration – and in a move aimed squarely at Slack users – it has added its own “Huddles”. The instant voice meeting option will be available in direct ...

Slack is bringing more features to huddles, which debuted as an ad hoc voice call option last June. While huddles will start as audio-only chats by default, you'll be able to switch on video as well.

As part of Slack’s annual Frontiers conference, the company announced two big developments—the general availability of GovSlack for use by government agencies and new capabilities for its huddles ...

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Google first previewed "huddles," a quick way to start instant audio conversations in Google Chat, in 2023. Huddles are now coming to Google Chat users in select Google Workspace tiers. They are ...

As previewed in August of 2023, Google Chat is adding an audio-first meeting feature called “Huddles” that are described as being “instant-on.” If that name is familiar, Google+ had a “Huddles” group ...