New Microsoft Teams features use AI to reduce echoing, optimize shared content, and improve call quality
Chatting through Teams should feel more natural, thanks to new AI features for the platform.
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What you need to know
Microsoft just released a long list of new features for Teams to improve audio and video on the service. Teams now uses artificial intelligence to make meetings and calls feel more natural. Echo cancellation, “de-reverberation," background noise suppression, and real-time optimization for content sharing are just a handful of the new tools available.
Nicole Herskowitz, Vice President, Microsoft Teams,outlines the new features. “Disruptive echo effects, poor room acoustics, and choppy videos are some common issues that hinder the effectiveness of online calls and meetings. Through AI and machine learning… we’ve identified and are now delivering innovative enhancements in Microsoft Teams that improve such audio and video challenges,” said Herskowitz.
Here’s what’s new for Microsoft Teams, as outlined by Microsoft:
Even if you’re using one of thebest webcams, a room with poor acoustics can reduce audio quality. Microsoft’s new AI features for Teams should alleviate this to some extent by canceling echoing, reducing reverberation, and allowing two people to speak at once. That last feature should also make it less awkward when trying to hold a normal conversation that involves back-and-forth communication.
Screen optimization on Teams can use machine learning to determine what type of video is being presented. It can then focus on the legibility of text or smoothness of playback depending on what’s being shown.
Some of these features wereannounced at Build 2022, but they’re available starting today.
Microsoft Teams
Teams is one of the most used apps in the world for video calls and meetings. Now, the platform uses AI in several ways to improve the quality of audio and video.
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Sean Endicott is a tech journalist at Windows Central, specializing in Windows, Microsoft software, AI, and PCs. He’s covered major launches, from Windows 10 and 11 to the rise of AI tools like ChatGPT. Sean’s journey began with the Lumia 740, leading to strong ties with app developers. Outside writing, he coaches American football, utilizing Microsoft services to manage his team. He studied broadcast journalism at Nottingham Trent University and is active on X @SeanEndicott_ and Threads @sean_endicott_.
