AWS Messaging Blog

Last week, we made some changes to the way that Amazon Pinpoint sends Apple Push Notification service (APNs) push notifications. In June, Apple announced that push notifications sent to iOS 13 and watchOS devices would require the new apns-push-type header. APNs uses this header to determine whether a notification should be shown on the display […]

Today, Amazon Pinpoint added a new voice channel. This new channel enables you to deliver voice messages to your customers over the phone. When you use the voice channel, you provide a text script, and, optionally, instructions for converting that text to speech. Amazon Pinpoint converts your script into lifelike speech and then calls your […]

We’re changing some of the language we use in our sending review process to make our communications clearer and more helpful. If you’re not familiar with the sending review process, it refers to the actions that we take when there are issues with the email sent from an Amazon SES or Amazon Pinpoint account. Usually, […]

Edited June 18, 2018: Since we first posted this blog post, we’ve changed the name of this feature to Phone Number Validate. Additionally, this feature was initially only available as a preview for customers who completed an application process. As of today, Phone Number Validate is available to all Amazon Pinpoint customers. SMS messaging is […]

Regular visitors to this blog may have noticed that its name has changed from the Amazon SES Blog to the AWS Messaging and Targeting Blog. The Amazon SES team has been working closely with the Amazon Pinpoint team in recent months, so we decided to create a single source of information for both products. If […]

Over the past year, we’ve released several features that make it easier to track the metrics that are associated with your Amazon SES account. The first of these features, launched in November of last year, was event publishing. Initially, event publishing let you capture basic metrics related to your email sending and publish them to […]

Amazon Web Services is moving the certificates for our services—including Amazon SES—to use our own certificate authority, Amazon Trust Services. We have carefully planned this change to minimize the impact it will have on your workflow. Most customers will not have to take any action during this migration. About the Certificates The Amazon Trust Services […]

In August, we launched the reputation dashboard, which helps you track important metrics that could impact your ability to send emails. By monitoring the metrics in this dashboard, you can protect your sender reputation, which can increase the likelihood that the emails you send will reach your customers’ inboxes. Today, we’re launching two features that […]

Amazon SES now adds DMARC verdicts to incoming emails, and publishes aggregate DMARC reports to domain owners. These two new features will help combat email spoofing and phishing, making the email ecosystem a safer and more secure place. What is DMARC? DMARC stands for Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance. The DMARC standard was designed […]

(Edited April 27, 2018)—Added a recommendation to set up publishing of Rendering Failure events. (Edited October 11, 2017)—Corrected the structure of the template JSON file and the maximum template file size. The Amazon SES team is excited to announce our latest update, which includes two related features that help you send personalized emails to large […]