Microsoft Teams adds live captions, spotlight features
4 years, 1 month ago

Microsoft Teams adds live captions, spotlight features

The Hindu  

Microsoft has added live captions with speaker attribution in Teams so that users can see who is speaking and what is being said. Also, Teams Rooms will now support the spotlight feature in Teams meetings, which enables the organiser or presenter to select a video feed as the spotlight for all attendees. The technology company has also introduced new features in Teams to improve user experience in meetings, calling, chat and collaboration. Teams will allow event producers to convert each participant's video into a discrete video source that can be used in the video streaming production tool of one's choice. Teams will also allow users to choose from a variety of customizable templates like event management, hospital ward, bank branch, while creating new Teams.

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Microsoft Teams launches public preview for collaborative notes feature
1 year, 6 months ago

Microsoft Teams launches public preview for collaborative notes feature

India TV News  

Microsoft has recently unveiled a new feature for its video conferencing platform, Teams. The Collaborative notes feature is now available to everyone on the public preview channel which aims to enhance the meeting experience by simplifying the process of creating agendas and managing action items. In a blog post, the company expressed excitement over the public preview of Collaborative notes, …

Microsoft Teams revamped with faster speeds and new AI features
1 year, 8 months ago

Microsoft Teams revamped with faster speeds and new AI features

The Hindu  

Microsoft on Monday announced that its professional collaboration platform Teams had been revamped, and invited users to try out the public preview of the Microsoft Teams app for Windows. In a company blog post, the software maker stated that its ‘New Teams’ app would launch more than twice as quickly as the previous version it calls ‘Classic Teams.’ The app’s …

Microsoft announces Premium Teams with AI powered features
1 year, 10 months ago

Microsoft announces Premium Teams with AI powered features

The Hindu  

Microsoft has announced the upcoming release of a premium Teams experience that uses models based on OpenAI’s GPT-3.5, for more AI features in its video collaboration platform. The software maker listed a range of new features that will be available with Teams Premium including intelligent recap, AI-generated chapters, timeline markers, AI-generated notes and tasks, and live translations. “With intelligent recap …

Microsoft Plans to Integrate Teams Into Outlook Soon
2 years ago

Microsoft Plans to Integrate Teams Into Outlook Soon

News 18  

Microsoft has started testing a new feature, Teams chat, that it plans to integrate into Outlook soon. This feature will provide an easy Teams chat experience from Outlook in the context of a meeting for participants to send a quick message or review the chat, reports The Verge. In addition to the new Outlook and Teams integration, Microsoft Teams recently …

Microsoft Teams Getting New Features to Support Frontline Workers
2 years, 11 months ago

Microsoft Teams Getting New Features to Support Frontline Workers

News 18  

Microsoft has announced new features for Microsoft Teams video conferencing app to “help reduce stress" for frontline workers. These features include the Walkie Talkie app, Microsoft Viva, Audio notification for misplaced devices, and more. Walkie Talkie app: Microsoft recently announced the general availability of the Walkie Talkie app in Teams for Zebra mobile devices. Microsoft Viva: Microsoft explains the Viva …

Microsoft Teams: 8 features teachers and students should know
3 years, 3 months ago

Microsoft Teams: 8 features teachers and students should know

Live Mint  

Since the advent of the pandemic last year, virtual classes have become a new reality. Create engaging, accessible blended and hybrid classes with Dynamic View Dynamic view intelligently arranges content and participants during class, showing both content and participants side-by-side. If your main spoken language during class is German, Portuguese, Japanese, Hindi, or any of the other supported languages, you’ll …

Microsoft Teams wants to finally replace Zoom for your video calls with friends and family
3 years, 7 months ago

Microsoft Teams wants to finally replace Zoom for your video calls with friends and family

India Today  

Microsoft has amped up its famous communication platform for businesses to now include features for connecting with friends and families too. The features for connecting with friends and family were first introduced on Microsoft Teams back in June last year. Other than the video calls, Microsoft Teams will also allow users to conduct group chats with their loved ones. For …

Microsoft Teams users can now get live transcription, new dynamic viewing options in Android
3 years, 8 months ago

Microsoft Teams users can now get live transcription, new dynamic viewing options in Android

The Hindu  

Microsoft has introduced several new enhancements to its Teams platform to improve the meeting, chat and collaboration experience of its users. Teams already allows users to start an instant meeting through the Meet Now icon on the calendar tab. Apple MacBook users can now use their device’s dynamic touch controls above the keyboard to quickly access meeting functions like ‘view …

Microsoft Teams to get several new updates to enhance collaboration
3 years, 9 months ago

Microsoft Teams to get several new updates to enhance collaboration

The Hindu  

March 12, 2021 07:50 pm | Updated 08:04 pm IST Microsoft has announced new meeting, chat, and security features in Teams to help people connect and collaborate better on the platform. Teams users will be able to use the new view switcher in the top bar to control the content display during a meeting. Also, Teams will seamlessly scale to …

Microsoft’s new enhancements to Teams meetings
3 years, 11 months ago

Microsoft’s new enhancements to Teams meetings

The Hindu  

Microsoft has introduced a new set of features to improve the meeting experience for users on the Teams platform. Using the ‘virtual breakout rooms’ feature, meeting organisers will be able to split meeting participants into sub-groups to enable discussions. Organisers can create up to 50 breakout rooms in a Teams meeting or a Teams channel meeting, with participants either manually …

Microsoft Teams Announces Together Mode, Custom Backgrounds & Breakout Rooms For Virtual Holiday Parties
4 years ago

Microsoft Teams Announces Together Mode, Custom Backgrounds & Breakout Rooms For Virtual Holiday Parties

News 18  

With the holiday season just around the corner, Microsoft has thought of those who are working from home and missing out on all the office parties. Microsoft Teams is introducing new holiday-themed Together mode scenes and custom backgrounds for users during the Christmas-New Year holidays. The new Together mode in Microsoft Teams reimagines meeting experiences to bring people closer together …

Weekly Bytes | Microsoft 365's new features, Meet’s attendance reports, and more
4 years ago

Weekly Bytes | Microsoft 365's new features, Meet’s attendance reports, and more

The Hindu  

Microsoft 365's new features Microsoft has introduced new features for individuals and families on Microsoft 365, that include an option to record English language conversations directly in Word for the web and transcribe them automatically; new templates for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; choose the level of formality between “formal,” “professional”, or “casual” for English language on Microsoft Editor; share photos …

Microsoft announces new apps for Teams platform
4 years, 1 month ago

Microsoft announces new apps for Teams platform

The Hindu  

Microsoft has announced new Teams platform apps aimed at improving productivity and engagement on the platform. The new apps for meetings in the Teams app store include Asana, Bigtincan, Buncee, Decisions, HireVue, Lucid Agreements, Microsoft Forms, Monday.com, Phenom, Pigeonhole Live, Polly, Priority Matrix, Range, Slido, Soapbox, Talview, Teamflect, Wakelet, and xMatters. Microsoft says, over 115 million people use Teams every …

Microsoft Teams Gets New Features Like Live Captions, Meeting Reports & More
4 years, 1 month ago

Microsoft Teams Gets New Features Like Live Captions, Meeting Reports & More

News 18  

Microsoft is adding a slew of new features to its video conferencing tool Microsoft Teams. Couple of weeks after Microsoft enhanced the AI-based noise cancellation feature for Teams, Microsoft has now announced few new features like live captions with speaker attribution, a meeting report, the ability to pin messages or individual feeds, and more. The new features mostly deal with …

Microsoft Teams will now allow users to integrate third-party apps during video calls
4 years, 5 months ago

Microsoft Teams will now allow users to integrate third-party apps during video calls

Firstpost  

With this integration in place, users will get event notification while conducting a meeting, and be able to pull apps into an ongoing call. Bringing greater flexibility to how Microsoft Teams works, users will now be able to integrate third-party apps into Teams meetings — before, during and even after a meeting. In a company blog written by Jared Spataro, …

Microsoft Teams’ new feature will make virtual meetings seem real
4 years, 5 months ago

Microsoft Teams’ new feature will make virtual meetings seem real

The Hindu  

Microsoft Teams announced a new AI-powered feature that will make virtual meetings seem real by digitally placing participants in a shared background. The Together mode view in Teams lets users feel they’re sitting in the same room with other participants. Teams plans to roll out Together mode’s auditorium view in August, and make it generally available during autumn months. “Early …

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