Subj : Your AirPods could soon be the most unexpectedly useful accessory
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Feb 20 2024 11:30:05

Your AirPods could soon be the most unexpectedly useful accessory for a 
Microsoft Teams call  and even save your job

Date:
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:24:44 +0000

Description:
Could your AirPods be the most unexpectedly useful accessory for a Microsoft 
Teams call? The most useful Microsoft Teams accessory around might not be a 
Windows device at all  but your Apple AirPods

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Making sure your mic is muted on a Microsoft Teams call should soon be a lot 
easier, thanks to a new update from a potentially unexpected source. 

The video conferencing platform has announced it will soon be allowing some 
users to mute and unmute themselves when on a call using their Apple AirPods. 

Users with the wireless earbuds will be able to directly control their mic 
and audio feeds for the first time - but only a select few will be lucky 
enough to get the functionality for now. Microsoft Teams and Apple AirPods 

In its entry on the official Microsoft 365 roadmap, the update is described 
as helping Microsoft Teams "work seamlessly" with Apple AirPods. 

The company notes that the same functionality is already available on iPhone 
running iOS 17, but now is coming to Mac models running macOS Sonoma. 

The tool is also now supported on the new Teams for Mac app, meaning users 
will get the most up-to-date version of the service, wherever they are. 

The update is listed as being "in development" for the time being, but has a 
scheduled rollout start date of March 2024, so AirPods fans shouldn't have 
too long to wait. 

The news is the latest in a series of recent announcements concerning audio 
feeds on Microsoft Teams as the company looks to address what is clearly a 
growing concern for users. 

This includes a recent addition allowing users to mute and unmute their audio 
simply by clicking the mic icon in the Windows taskbar (or by pressing the 
Windows logo key + Alt + K), which should in theory make it simpler to ensure 
your mic isn't accidentally on when it shouldn't be - but having such 
controls in such an obvious location might also put users at risk of an 
accidental click. 

The platform also recently announced it will let users hide any general 
Microsoft Teams channels in their workplace or organization, which it says 
will go some way to, "helping you focus on the channels that matter most to 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/your-airpods-could-soon-be-the-most-unexpectedly
-useful-accessory-for-a-microsoft-teams-call-and-even-save-your-job


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