You can now join a Microsoft Teams call from your car… but you probably shouldn’t
Further Apple CarPlay support is coming to Microsoft Teams
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One of the last safe places for avoiding video calls could soon fall, no thanks to a new update forMicrosoft Teams.
Thevideo conferencingservice is working on an update that will allow users to join a Teams call directly from their vehicle while driving usingApple’s CarPlay platform.
Apple hasrecently updated CarPlayto include a new calendar view, which will now allow users to join aMicrosoftTeams call using their iPhone while driving.
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The official entry in theMicrosoft 365 roadmapfor the update doesn’t provide any extra detail on exactly how the feature will work, simply noting that users can choose to join a Teams meeting using the new CarPlay calendar view.
Obviously, due care and attention should be paid to the road whilst driving, so hopefully the calls taking place can be audio-only as well, meaning users can keep their eyes on the road.
The feature is still marked as in development for the time being, with a scheduled general availability date of March 2023, so users won’t have too long to wait.
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Microsoft Teams users have been able todial into calls using Apple CarPlaysince September 2021, as well the ability to call and message Teams contacts from most modern vehicles - although meeting video feeds do not appear on the dashboard.
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The platform is also available on Android Auto, withGoogle’s car-focused software allowing Microsoft Teams users to make calls, join meetings or message contacts.
The news is the latest in a series of recent upgrades for Microsoft Teams as the company looks to continue improving the platform.
This includes a tweak that usesAI to detect the differencebetween sound from a speaker and the user’s voice, fixing a common issue when a microphone is too close to a speaker, causing sound to loop between input and output devices and create an echo.
For those making calls in large rooms, where speaking can often reverberate and echo around somewhat, Teams now uses a machine learning model to convert captured audio signal, making it now sound as if users are speaking into a close-range microphone.
Mike Moore is Deputy Editor at TechRadar Pro. He has worked as a B2B and B2C tech journalist for nearly a decade, including at one of the UK’s leading national newspapers and fellow Future title ITProPortal, and when he’s not keeping track of all the latest enterprise and workplace trends, can most likely be found watching, following or taking part in some kind of sport.
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