You'll soon be able to talk to Slack — and if you're lucky, it'll even talk back

Two-way voice chat is coming to Slack

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News By Mike Moore Published 17 September 2026

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  • Slack users will soon be able to talk to the program's Slackbot AI agent
  • Slackbot will look to help you with all kinds of business tasks
  • There's no release date yet, just "coming soon"

Slack has revealed a host of new features and upgrades as it looks to help users around the world be more productive and effective.

Speaking at parent company Salesforce's Dreamforce 2026, Rob Seaman: EVP & GM at Slack unveiled new tools to allow the platform to be "the front door to the agentic enteprise".

This includes new upgrades to its Slackbot AI program - with users soon set to be able to have a two-way conversation with the platform.

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Slackbot speaks

Ask Slackbot a natural language question, and it should then talk back, including the ability to trigger real actions, like updating a record or kicking off an automation.

For example, a worker travelling to a meeting could ask Slackbot to move a deal to the next stage, and hear the confirmation back, no typing required.

A demo shown onstage at Dreamforce 2026 was not without its teething issues, with Slackbot taking its time to gather the required information and present a solution, but the feature is still listed as "coming soon", suggesting there is still ample time to iron out the kinks.

Voice chat wasn't the only new feature coming to Slack, as the company also revealed Surface - a new way to create interfaces for your workflows.

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