Sit with colleagues in same room with Microsoft Teams, share emojis

Microsoft has announced new exciting features in its video conferencing app Teams including a Together Mode that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to digitally place participants in a shared background, as if they are sitting in the same room with everyone else in the meeting or class.

The Together Mode makes meetings more engaging by helping people focus on others’ faces and body language and making it easier to pick up on the non-verbal cues that are so important to human interaction.

‘It’s great for meetings in which multiple people will speak, such as brainstorms or roundtable discussions, because it makes it easier for participants to understand who is talking,’ Jared Spataro, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft 365, said in a statement late Wednesday.