{"id":5644,"date":"2021-05-18T10:51:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T14:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technewsday.com\/?p=5644"},"modified":"2021-08-03T11:13:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T15:13:40","slug":"new-microsoft-teams-features-connect-friends-and-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/new-microsoft-teams-features-connect-friends-and-family\/","title":{"rendered":"New Microsoft Teams Features Connect Friends and Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Microsoft releases new features in its Teams app that allows users to connect with family and friends while staying at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first and perhaps the largest feature is Together mode, which is available in the desktop app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This feature allows users to place themselves and other people in the same virtual settings, making it look like they are all together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another feature is Teams sports, a collection of live emojis and GIFs that allow people to make their calls more fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If users missed a group call, they can access the saved chat and post a clever emoji or GIF to grab people&#8217;s attention and restart the ongoing conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third feature allows users to make video calls and invite people by sharing links to everyone, including those who don&#8217;t use the application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By clicking on the link, the conference participant can then register via the desktop app, mobile devices or directly via a web browser.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>For more information, read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/article\/microsoft-teams-adds-personal-features-to-attract-home-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original story<\/a> in Tech Republic.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Teams features help connect friends and family during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[62],"class_list":["post-5644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-software","tag-microsoft"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5644"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5691,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644\/revisions\/5691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}