Jul 01, 2021 12:30:00

Four new features will be announced on Slack, including 'Slack Huddle Meeting' where you can easily chat with colleagues even by remote work

Slack announced on June 30, 2021 that it plans to roll out four new features to improve the work meeting experience. In particular, one of them, ' Slack Huddle Meeting, ' is a voice chat function that allows you to chat a little while you work.

Introducing new tools to help you work from anywhere | Slack

https://slack.com/blog/collaboration/new-tools-to-help-you-work-from-anywhere

New Slack Tool to Work Wherever You Go | Slack
https://slack.com/intl/ja-jp/blog/collaboration/new-tools-to-help-you-work-from-anywhere

Working aloud: Why Dell, TIBCO and Cookpad are turning to lightweight audio chats in Slack | Slack
https://slack.com/intl/ja-jp/blog/collaboration/how-slack-customers-collaborate-with-huddles

With the global epidemic of the new coronavirus, more and more companies have set up a remote work environment to work from home. However, since remote work does not allow 'small chats at work', it is not possible to relieve stress or get inspired to come up with ideas by communicating with others.

In fact, it has been pointed out that the ability to chat with remote work, which was possible with office work, may adversely affect the mental state of employees and reduce productivity.

What's wrong with people who get sick due to 'long-term work from home'? --GIGAZINE

Slack has announced four types: 'Slack Huddle Meeting,' 'Video, Audio, Screen Recording,' 'Reserved Message Sending,' and 'Slack Atlas.'

Slack Huddle Meetings allow you to start live conversations on channels and DMs, allowing you to recreate small chats at work on Slack. Team members can also join the talk or just listen by entering the talk room created at the Slack Huddle Meeting. You can also use the transcription function to create subtitles in real time in English. If you are a user of Slack's paid plan, you can already use Slack Huddle Meeting.

'Video, audio, screen recording' is a function that allows you to have a meeting using video and audio. You can share recordings on Slack and play them from your smartphone app, not just from your PC. Furthermore, if it is English, it will be automatically transcribed. The 'Video, Audio, Screen Recording' feature will be rolled out to paid plan teams in the coming months.

'Reserved message sending' is a function that allows you to send a message at a specified time. For example, if you want to send a note to a colleague, but the colleague has already signed off at the scheduled time, create a draft message on Slack and set it to be published the next morning when the colleague goes online. I can do it.

And Slack Atlas will be able to operate corporate SNS on Slack, so to speak. In the case of a large team, remote work makes it difficult to understand what other people are, what kind of face they are, and what their titles are. Slack Atlas is a tool that allows you to register the titles and information of each team member and connect with each other. However, at the time of writing the article, Slack Atlas will be deployed in the United States and Canada for users of Enterprise Grid and Buisines Plus, which are paid plans for small and medium-sized enterprises.