Microsoft has launched a redesigned Teams software that’s claimed to be extra responsive and user-friendly. On Monday, the corporate introduced that Teams customers can anticipate a revamped app that’s as much as two occasions sooner than its present model, with capabilities reminiscent of launching the programme and connecting to video calls taking half the time. The redesigned Teams app additionally claims to have smoother scrolling and doesn’t use placeholder property. In the meantime, Microsoft claims that the brand new Teams makes use of 50 % much less reminiscence.
In a weblog publish, Microsoft claims that the redesign takes under consideration all consumer suggestions and the brand new Teams software focuses on “speed, performance, flexibility, and intelligence,” boosted by AI-powered experiences reminiscent of Copilot introduced earlier this month. The firm claims that groups will now ship two occasions sooner efficiency, utilizing 50 % much less reminiscence.
Joining conferences is predicted to be twice as quick, and switching between chats and channels is claimed to be 1.7 occasions sooner, claims Microsoft. Furthermore, the corporate redesigned the consumer expertise as a complete.
Microsoft additionally claims to have optimised the Teams information, community, chat, and video structure. A considerable quantity of this enchancment can also be as a result of app’s swap from Electron to Microsoft’s Edge WebView 2 rendering engine. Microsoft mentions that it switched from AngularJS to React because the framework for internet growth for Teams and standardised on Microsoft’s Fluent UI UX management system.
The canvas color has been modified from gray to white, and the trademark purple Teams color has been toned down. Microsoft has made emojis extra cohesive throughout Microsoft 365. New Teams backgrounds, group profile image additions, and group theming can be obtainable later this yr.
Newly unveiled Microsoft Loop is used within the new Teams app. Users can now work on a Loop ingredient instantly inside Teams chats with out having to stop the app. The new Teams additionally claims to function the inspiration for next-generation AI experiences, reminiscent of good recap and Copilot for Microsoft Teams, in keeping with the corporate.
Moreover, the corporate has additionally improved its authentication mannequin, synchronisation, and notification techniques as a way to supply a streamlined and steady expertise for customers with organisations that contain a number of tenants and accounts. Instead of logging out and in of various tenants and accounts, customers can now keep signed in to all of them and obtain notifications no matter which one they’re utilizing at a given time.
During its January earnings report, Microsoft acknowledged that Teams had 280 million month-to-month lively customers. The firm intends to make this newest version of Teams obtainable to all customers subsequently this yr, however will probably be instantly accessible to Windows customers who join the corporate’s Public Preview programme, although an administrator could must allow this for the customers’ organisation first.
Users are additionally in a position to simply swap between the newer and older variations of Teams if wanted. Microsoft emphasises that customers will consistently have the ability to return to the earlier Teams expertise, at the least for now. The firm additionally confirmed that later this yr, Mac assist can be added.
