This eagerly-awaited Microsoft Teams update has been delayed

Fluent features for Microsoft Teams aren’t coming just yet

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Fluent Design isMicrosoft’s design language that the company is rolling out toWindows 11and other apps throughout the year. ButMicrosoft Teamsis going to have to wait slightly longer for its own update for Fluent emojis.

The update was scheduled for November 2021, but it looks as though emoji, and other features, will be coming soon in asignificant updatefor Teams users.

Itsonline collaborationplatform is reaching its fifth year in 2022, with the pandemic being a significant part of its growth of250 million users so far. However, with Skype still being maintained by Microsoft as well, the new features for Teams need to differentiate itself from being a good platform for businesses to an essential one.

A fluent delay of features

While Fluent design has been available forWindows 11andOffice 2022, it’s also expanded to other apps, such as Paint, Calendar, and other apps by Microsoft.

However, Teams is scheduled to reap the benefits of Fluent design in February, alongside live transcripts of calls, better meeting options, and other features that are coming to the app in 2022.

Video filters were alsodelayed from August to Marchthis year, where you can customize your appearance before joining a conference call.

Many of these features should prove useful to many, but it depends if some of these are further delayed so that the Fluent design can be finished for Teams in March.

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