Host of new features announced as Microsoft Teams Turns 3

I talked yesterday about about the tremedous growth of Teams (partly due to the impact covid-19 is having with increased working from home) but today as Teams Turns 3 a wealth of new features have been announced to the public which focus on two key themes.

1. Building the very best online meeting experience; and
2. Bringing technological solutions to traditionally underserved professionals, including firstline and healthcare workers

Here are all the new features coming soon to Microsoft Teams that have been announced today:

1. Real-time noise suppression during calls, which should help you better understand what your others are saying especially when people are out and about or have poor signal
2. Raising your hand… When you are in large meetings, a new raise hand feature will let others know you have something to say.
3. Pop out chats: a features missed by many from Skype for Business, the ability to pop out chats into a separate window is also coming soon after being in private preview for a few months
4. Offline use :Microsoft Teams is finally getting offline and low-bandwidth support, making the app still useful without an Internet connection
5. First-line workers using RealWear head-mounted devices will soon be able to get information and communicate hands-free due to new Teams integration.
6. New collaboration bar devices certified with Teams, such as the Yealink VC210 collaboration bar for meetings.