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A new update toMicrosoft Teamscould make replying to awkward messages a lot less painful than before.
Thevideo conferencingplatform is working on an upgrade that will offer “suggested replies” in chats on Teams.
Already a common sight on the likes of Gmail, SMS messages and more, the suggested replies feature will examine the context of the previous messages and provide a couple of possible responses, handling all the brain work for you.
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In theMicrosoft 365 roadmap entrydetailing the update, the company notes that Teams will use “assistive AI” in order to analyze previous messages and create the suggested responses.
Users will get up to three recommended responses to choose from, and will be able to send their choice with just a click.
The feature is still listed as “in development” for the time being, butMicrosofthas assigned a general availability date of April 2022, so we could see a launch within the next few weeks.
Upon release, the feature will be available to all Microsoft Teams users across the world using the desktop platform.
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The feature is the latest in a series of upgrades for Microsoft Teams as the company looks to make it an indispensablehybrid workingtool.
Recently, Microsoft Teams has seen a pair of add-ons introducereal-time translation, giving users access to a large network of professional interpreters, who dial into meetings on request. Once a session has begun, users can switch between the original audio feed and the interpreter’s translation via a drop-down menu.
Microsoft Teams also recently announced it isopening up its live captions featureto a wider pool of users in an effort to improve accessibility standards. Until now, the live captions feature has been gated behind a registration wall, so if someone was joining a meeting as a guest via a link provided by the host, they would have to make do without the accessibility feature.
Microsoft Teams continues to go from strength to strength, with the latest figures from the company showing that the service now boastsover 270 million monthly active users.
Mike Moore is Deputy Editor at TechRadar Pro. He has worked as a B2B and B2C tech journalist for nearly a decade, including at one of the UK’s leading national newspapers and fellow Future title ITProPortal, and when he’s not keeping track of all the latest enterprise and workplace trends, can most likely be found watching, following or taking part in some kind of sport.
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