Microsoft Teams has announced an array of new features to help users feel more connected to people at work and school by reducing video fatigue, make meetings more inclusive as well as engaging and to streamline work to save time.
Have a look at the five features rolled out by Microsoft Teams:
1. Together Mode
Attending virtual meetings is more than ever while working from home. Together mode is a new meeting experience where they use AI segmentation technology to digitally place participants in a shared background, making it feel like everyone is in the same room. This will help you focus on people’s face, body language and make it easier to understand non-verbal cues.
Today we’re introducing new experiences in Teams to make our virtual interactions more natural and engaging, like Together mode – being together, despite being apart. https://t.co/I3Y8V6l0VQ
— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) July 8, 2020
2. Large Gallery View
Microsoft is expanding the Teams gallery view for video calls, making it to 49 visible participants. It is also planning to support large meetings and expand till one thousand participants in the video call.
3. Tasks App
To tackle personal productivity within Teams, Tasks App is launched to offer users a unified view of their tasks across different apps. It brings together tasks from Planner, Microsoft To Do and Outlook. The app also creates smart views like ‘assigned to me’ and ‘important’ to curate a structured view of action.
Tasks app in Microsoft Teams offers a unified list view of tasks from across @MicrosoftToDo, #Planner, and @Outlook. Read more about this feature rolling out this month: https://t.co/ik9aVIGsub pic.twitter.com/T7YtHhjw6q
— Microsoft Teams (@MicrosoftTeams) July 8, 2020
4. Captions and Transcripts
For participants to get a better follow of the video meetings, live captions are out to identify who the speaker is. Teams will also add a transcription option that will be saved in the meeting’s chat tab for review later on. The next is video filters to subtly adjust lighting or soften the focus to feel your best on every video call. Smiles and nods are difficult to notice in online meetings, so one will be able to react using emojis to provide instant feedback.
Announcing live captions with speaker attribution coming soon.
Learn more about these new ways to follow along in your meetings: https://t.co/hxuOrCSDPx
— Microsoft Teams (@MicrosoftTeams) July 8, 2020
5. Dynamic View
For improving the standard video meeting experience, Dynamic View is also the latest feature that has AI-driven capability. With this feature, users will get more control over other participants and shared content will be displayed only to specific participants side-by-side. Also, it can automatically adjust your view, like the video participants main section of the screen and audio ones on the right side.
We're excited to introduce Dynamic view within #MicrosoftTeams. New meeting enhancements let you personalize the view best suited for your meeting needs. Find out more: https://t.co/hAVKFWtqjZ pic.twitter.com/clQAdAjdKo
— Microsoft Teams (@MicrosoftTeams) July 8, 2020
