I encourage you to read Slack’s blog post to learn more about Huddles, video, voice, and screen-recording clips, and the other features 1 included in today’s announcement.įor me, the launch was a perfect excuse to ask for a glimpse into Slack’s product culture. It’s the stuff too urgent, trivial, or nuanced for a typed-out message, but not something that merits (or can wait for) a scheduled meeting. These chats form the connective tissue of essential work, living somewhere between asynchronous messaging and synchronous meetings. Huddles addresses the need for fast, ambient, and informal discussions - spontaneous conversations that would happen in hallway encounters or at coworkers’ desks. Included in today’s launch is Slack Huddles, a lightweight, audio-first way to communicate inside a channel or direct message. This morning Slack announced a set of new features intended to help teams stay connected in a post-pandemic world. Make sure to check out the previous chapters on Airbnb and Stripe. This is the next part of an ongoing series about product culture.