What Slack shipped in May 2026

Slack Feature Drop: May the Productivity Be With You

Slack introduced a suite of AI-driven productivity features in May 2026, including a new Today view for daily briefings, Focus mode for distraction-free work, and upgraded Slackbot capabilities. Slack…

AI Message Writer

Slack introduced an AI message writer feature in Slackbot to draft, refine, and summarize written communication directly within Slack. The tool uses conversation context to generate tone-appropriate, …

AI for Small Business

Slack published a guide outlining four high-impact AI use cases for small businesses—customer service automation, marketing/content creation, operations workflows, and finance insights—positioning its…

Group Communication: Types, Challenges, and Strategies

Why Effective Feedback in Team Communication Works

Smarter Workflows, No Code Required: Introducing New AI Steps in Workflow Builder

Slack introduced a new 'Generate AI response' step in Workflow Builder, enabling users to automate summarization, translation, and drafting tasks using AI with no-code workflows. The feature allows te…

5 Ways to Get the Most out of Salesforce with Slack

Slack announced a deeper integration with Salesforce, positioning itself as the conversational interface for enterprise data. The company showcased five ways to leverage Slack with Salesforce, includi…

Introducing the All-New Activity Tab: Your Triage Hub for a Smarter Workday

Slack launched a rebuilt Activity tab that consolidates DMs, mentions, app notifications, and thread replies into a single inbox-style interface. The update introduces customizable views, bulk-clear c…

New Block Kit data table block

Release: Slack CLI v4.1.0

Partner AI Agents in Slack: From Alert to Fix

Slack is hosting webinars and on-demand sessions to showcase AI agents transforming workflows, customer support, sales productivity, and operations within Slack. Key demos include no-code AI workflows…

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Work Smarter, Automate Faster: AI-Powered Workflows in Slack

Slack announced an upgrade to Workflow Builder featuring new Generate AI Steps for drafting, summarizing, and synthesizing information, along with conditional branching for multi-step workflows. The u…

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The Best Way to Work With All Your AI: What’s New in Slackbot

Slack announced a major upgrade to Slackbot, positioning it as an AI agent capable of working across integrated apps to automate tasks and deliver results without manual intervention. The update aims …

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Best Workflow Management Tools to Try in 2026

Slack published a guide on workflow management tools, emphasizing the growing complexity of modern work and the need for automation and AI. The post introduces Slackbot, a new AI agent integrated with…

Introducing Today: Your Intelligent Daily Briefing in Slack

Slack introduced Today, an AI-driven daily briefing that consolidates priorities, calendar, and tasks from connected apps into a single view within Slack. The feature aims to reduce morning overwhelm …

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Managing apps securely and at scale

Slack announced a webinar focused on its latest app management features, aimed at helping Grid Owners and Admins balance flexibility and control for third-party apps in Slack. The session covers pract…

5 Steps to seamless collaboration throughout the employee lifecycle

Slack hosted an on-demand webinar featuring Medallia and Shopify discussing how they use Slack and Lever to improve employee engagement across the entire lifecycle. The session emphasized seamless col…

Transform cross-functional collaboration with Slack + Atlassian

Slack and Atlassian hosted a webinar highlighting how their tools transform cross-functional team collaboration, enabling agility, breaking silos, and accelerating product delivery. The session includ…

Admin Essentials 101

Slack released an on-demand webinar titled 'Admin Essentials 101' to educate new administrators on managing Slack features like channels, Slack Connect, app integrations, and Workflows. The session ai…

Unlock the Power of Slack in Salesforce with Salesforce Channels

Slack introduced Salesforce channels, a specialized Slack channel embedded directly into the Salesforce interface, merging CRM data with team conversations. The integration aims to eliminate silos by …

Beyond the Hype: Achieving Tangible ROI with AI and Productivity Tools

Slack and Forrester Consulting released a study showing 78% of decision-makers struggle to see ROI from genAI tools due to decentralized data and inconsistent processes. The webinar highlights how uni…

Unlock Insights with Enterprise Search: Find and Act on Knowledge Quickly and Easily

Slack launched a new enterprise search feature to consolidate tools, files, and conversations into a single searchable hub, aiming to reduce the 20% of work time typically spent searching for informat…

Transform Microsoft 365 into a Productivity Powerhouse with Slack

Slack hosted a webinar emphasizing how organizations integrate Microsoft 365 with Slack to create a centralized work operating system, leveraging AI to boost efficiency. Over 150,000 customers reporte…

5 Tips to Deliver Agentic IT Service in Slack

Slack promoted a webinar showcasing Agentforce IT Service, which transforms IT support from legacy portals to AI-driven conversations within Slack. The session emphasized self-service IT requests, inc…

Top Partner AI Agents in Slack: The Most Impactful Use Cases

Slack hosted a webinar featuring partners demonstrating AI agent use cases in Slack, including workflow automation, customer support, sales productivity, and operations. Speakers shared implementation…

Reimagine Enterprise Search with Slackbot

Slack launched Slackbot, an AI-driven search agent that retrieves and analyzes information across conversations, documents, and connected apps. The tool aims to save employees 2–6 months of search tim…

Slack Is the Best Home for AI: Moving Work Forward With an Agentic OS

Slack introduces an 'agentic work OS' concept, integrating AI agents like Slackbot and Agentforce to automate manual tasks and embed AI into workflows. The update emphasizes long-term business context…

Slackbot Use Cases That Help Growing Teams Work Faster

Slack promoted on-demand webinars showcasing Slackbot as an AI agent for growing teams, claiming users save 90+ minutes daily through automation. Additional events highlighted Slack’s AI integration, …

How to Build AI Agents for Slack with Agentforce

Slack announced an on-demand webinar demonstrating how to build and deploy AI agents using Agentforce, including templates, Slack Actions customization, and internal Salesforce learnings. The session …

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Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Work: Which Approach Is Right for Your Team

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Keep data flowing while minimizing risk with EKM

Slack introduced Enterprise Key Management (EKM), allowing organizations to use their own AWS KMS keys to encrypt messages and files. Admins gain granular control to revoke access at multiple levels w…

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