14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft Teams is one of the apps whose adoption skyrocketed in the last 12 months or so, and it’s all because of a very simple reason: as the world started to work remotely, everybody needed a way to remain productive even from the safety of their own homes.
So the app many picked was Microsoft Teams, with the adoption of the service reaching record levels throughout 2020 to eventually reached 115 million daily active users.
Now it looks like Microsoft is working on giving the Microsoft Teams desktop app a major overhaul, as Microsoft leaker WalkingCat discovered a new Teams Alpha client currently being worked on.
But surprisingly, this app isn’t a desktop client itself, but a web app, which seems to suggest that Microsoft is trying a different approach this time, going for a universal application that would work on all platforms.
“Interestingly, this version of Teams app is simply a wrapper of Web app, much like the New Outlook app, is this what the future of Microsoft apps holds?” WalkingCat tweeted.
No word on the ETA
Microsoft hasn’t shared any information at this point, but the company itself promised major improvements for the service, especially as more people use it every day.
“The key to productivity is to move beyond transactional meetings and focus on the flow of work. People don’t just open Teams to join a meeting and then close it when the meeting is over; they work in Teams all day. It’s a place to exchange ideas, share information, and create human connections. It’s where people work before, during, and after a meeting, and it supports all the different ways people engage and collaborate together,” the company said.
At this point, it’s not yet known when the new Microsoft Teams client could go live for users, as the web app appears to be just in alpha development stage for the time being.