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Understand CPaaS, step by step
Plain-language guides, use cases and research from the community, with a source for every claim. New here? Begin with the five short reads below.
The library
Apple Messages for Business 101: service chats inside the Messages app
How people on Apple devices message a business from the Messages app, what list pickers, time pickers and Apple Pay add, why a provider and Apple's review are required, and how it differs from RCS on the iPhone.
Video 101: calls and meetings as a business channel
How live video reaches customers through a link or inside your own site and app, where businesses use it from support to telehealth and video identity checks, what it costs, and the rules for recording.
Web chat & booking page 101: help where visitors decide
Web chat is a conversation window on your own website, answered by people, a bot, an AI agent or a mix; a booking page lets visitors pick a time without a phone call. Both meet people at the moment they decide, and both come with duties: telling people when a bot answers, accessibility, cookie consent and keeping transcripts no longer than needed.
Omnichannel is an identity problem, not a channel count
The difference between multichannel and omnichannel is not how many channels you support. It is whether the customer has to repeat themselves — and that depends on how you recognise one person across many addresses.
Conversational marketing, minus the hype
A useful definition has to exclude something. This one — the customer's reply changes what happens next — excludes most of what gets sold under the name, and tells you how to staff and measure the rest.