Slack has become increasingly vital as businesses operate more remotely. Whether that’s a necessity for outfits such as Android Authority that have team members across the globe, or a local operation forced to work from home during a pandemic, it’s critical to have a way to communicate in a free-flowing and less formal way than email. Channels are effectively groups within a Slack workspace. We’ll run you through how to create a Slack channel.

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To create a Slack channel, select Add channel then Create new channel under the list of channels. Give your channel a name and description and hit Create, then select members to join the channel and press Add.