

If you want to try the new search feature today, open Teams about > Public preview, and enable public preview.Īdditionally, Microsoft is working on new messaging features for the existing desktop client and Microsoft Teams 2.0 on Windows 11. It’s worth noting that Microsoft is still experimenting with these improvements and it will be rolling out to the general public in the coming months.

To improve the search results, Microsoft will now help users understand why a particular item has popped up for the search query. Microsoft is also working on a new feature that will surface more relevant results on the Teams’ search page. Microsoft Teams’ Top Hits feature is based on the existing search experience in Teams and it lets you easily find your synced or uploaded files and people in your circle. This feature will improve the search experience and help users discover their files. As part of the Teams update, Microsoft is introducing a new “Top Hits” section for the autosuggest results. Microsoft will also retire the existing Forms app to streamline the polling experience within the collaboration tools.Īdditionally, Microsoft Teams search functionality is set to get improvements in the coming weeks or months. The overall experience and features will remain the same. The new Polls app aims to offer a more discoverable poll experience and it will still allow users to add polls to meetings and public/private chats. The Redmond giant is also working on a new polling experience for Teams. Microsoft Teams new polling and search feature The functionality has been designed to empower users working from home and it will be released for beta testing soon. In other words, you can press and hold “Ctrl Spacebar”, and release the button to listen (mute). “Introducing the capability to allow meeting participants to temporarily unmute by press “Ctrl Spacebar” to speak,” the roadmap reads.
TEAMS PUSH TO TALK FOR ANDROID
The feature was launched some ago but was only available for Android users. Microsoft Teams users will now be able to use Walkie Talkie on Android, iOS and Zebra mobile devices. Using the feature, users can communicate with other users on the same channel. The feature will be directly integrated directly into the Microsoft Teams desktop app and it can be activated by pressing “Ctrl Spacebar” The Microsoft Teams Walkie-Talkie works on push-to-talk communication technology. Microsoft has confirmed that it plans to enable a new way keyboard shortcut to unmute yourself in an active meeting, and it would be similar to the push-to-talk feature.Īccording to the Microsoft 365 roadmap, Microsoft Teams’ push-to-talk feature for Windows and macOS is currently under development. Microsoft Teams received support for push-to-talk “Walkie Talking” on mobile last year, and the feature is now heading to desktops too.
