Slack Clips: Prototyping the path to audio and video messages

• Slack has recently rolled out audio and video clips that enable users to send audio, video, and screen share messages on its paid plans.
• The idea behind Slack Clips was to create a feature that would allow teams to spend less time on synchronous video calls and collaborate more efficiently across different time zones.
• Slack initially experimented with the Stories format, but soon realized that it was not well-suited for workplace communication.
• To make the new message types work, Slack added closed captions, transcripts, and playback speed options to make them as useful as regular Slack messages.
• Slack settled on a desktop inline player for quick listening and watching, with an optional transcript popover, and an expanded modal view for larger videos with thread context.