(MENAFN- Youm7) Microsoft is preparing to launch a new version of Microsoft Teams next month that has been rebuilt from the ground up to dramatically improve system resource usage on PCs and laptops.
Insiders tell ‘The Verge’ tech on Microsoft’s plans
The software giant has recently begun extensively testing this new Teams client within Microsoft, with plans to roll out a preview to Microsoft Teams users in March.
Known as Microsoft Teams 2.0 or 2.1 internally, Microsoft has been working on this new Teams client for years, and the app should use 50% less memory, tax less CPU, and result in better battery life on laptops.
While Microsoft shipped some of this early work in the Teams experience built into consumers in Windows 11, companies running Teams have been using the older Teams client due to the amount of work involved for Microsoft to rebuild the client. This new app moves Teams away from Electron and into Microsoft Edge Webview2 technology. Microsoft has also moved to React, a Javascript library that will bring more UI improvements to Teams in the coming months.
And in a thread on Twitter detailing the initial improvements to Microsoft Teams for Windows 11 in 2021, former head of Microsoft Teams engineering Rish Tandon said Microsoft’s new architecture will be key to future Teams improvements. “This architecture will help us add support,” Tandon said. For multiple accounts, business life scenarios, version predictability, and customer scaling, it’s a journey but with Windows 11
We have taken the first major steps.’
Improvements should mean that Teams opens faster or feels more responsive when you’re presenting in a meeting or responding to messages, and the new Teams app should address many of the criticisms and complaints about Teams performance, particularly on older laptops.
Microsoft is currently planning to ship a preview of its new app to Teams users in late March, which includes a switch back to the current app if needed.
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