There’s an all-new Microsoft Teams app for Windows — but does it solve all your problems?
New Microsoft Teams app for Windows is in public preview now
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Ahead of itsEnterprise Connectevent, a newMicrosoft Teamsapp for Windows is now available in public preview, with the tech giant claiming that it’s two times as fast and half as memory intensive.
In addition, thevideo conferencing softwarehas promised an intuitive visual overhaul (so you aren’t spending the whole day staring at the virtual equivalent of a dentist’s waiting room) that’ll make notifications, messages, and channels available in fewer clicks.
The launch followsMicrosoft’s recent announcement that it’s bringing artificial intelligence and GPT-4 toMicrosoft 365at some point in the future in the form ofMicrosoft 365 Copilot.
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Microsoft has brought Teams into the twenty-first century by offering a featureGoogle Workspacehas had for a good while: the ability to switch accounts without logging in and out.
However, it’s gone one better thanGoogle. Rather than just remembering all of your accounts, Teams will give you notifications for all of them, “no matter which one you are currently using.”
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Though Microsoft ultimately had nothing new to say about Copilot, it did describe the new app as a “foundation” for that feature, and mention that the preview release would be expanded to Mac users, as well as business organizations who have explicitly opted into the new app down the line.
All being well, “New Teams” will be generally available later this year. Who can say if it’ll taste worse and just be there to drum up nostalgia for the old one?
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