Feb 19 (Reuters) - Amazon ( AMZN ) said it would stop support for its unified

communications service, Chime, next year and will not accept new customers beginning Wednesday.

Amazon ( AMZN ) employees have long used Chime, which lets users meet, chat and place business calls

inside and outside the organization, as a preferred service for video calls.

"After careful consideration, we have decided to end support for the Amazon Chime service,

including business calling features, effective February 20, 2026," Amazon's ( AMZN ) cloud unit AWS said

in a blog post.

Earlier this week, the company also shut down Inspire, its TikTok-like, short-form video and

photo feed that was previously available in its mobile app, according to several media reports.

Amazon ( AMZN ) is set to release its long-awaited - and delayed - Alexa generative artificial

intelligence voice service and has scheduled a press event later this month to preview it,

Reuters exclusively reported earlier in February.

AWS reported a 19% rise in revenue to $28.79 billion for the first quarter, falling short of

an estimate of $28.87 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG. Amazon ( AMZN ) joins smaller cloud

providers Microsoft ( MSFT ) and Google in reporting weak cloud numbers.