Microsoft is expanding the features in Teams with one-on-one chats, video calling, and more, so you can stay in touch with your friends and loved ones.
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Microsoft announced Monday that personal features will help users more easily connect in the service they already use. It will use many of the same features as the business side of Teams, and offer several easily accessible communication options, including the ability to make video calls and create group chats similar to the work chats you may already use in the program.
The new features are available for free, and the company hopes that people who already use Teams for work will find it easy to invite their friends, family and other contacts to the app. In addition to offering video calls and group chats, the personal version of Teams will let you make plans, create polls and share to-do lists. You can then assign specific users to those tasks, making it easier to keep track of things like chores, travel plans and more.
"Let's face it, organizing plans with friends and family, even something simple, can often be a huge pain. You have to coordinate multiple apps to manage everyone's calendars, track tasks, share relevant documents, and more," Liat Ben-Zur, Microsoft's corporate vice president of modern life, search, and devices, wrote in the announcement. "Teams makes all that easier, because now you can manage tasks both big and small without ever leaving your chats."