Amazon Connect Customer launches the ability to interrupt an agent with an urgent contact
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This article announces a new feature in Amazon Connect that allows interrupting agents with urgent contacts, overriding standard routing configuration.
- Agents can receive urgent calls even while handling other customer calls
- Enables direct assignment of contacts to specific agents regardless of custom status
- Agents can decide whether to hold current calls to take urgent callbacks
- Improves efficiency for time-sensitive work like personal extension callbacks
- Available in all AWS regions where Amazon Connect is offered
This feature enhances contact center flexibility by prioritizing urgent communications while maintaining agent control over call handling decisions.
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