Microsoft unveils Windows 11 update with built-in Teams experience

Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is introducing a Windows 11 update that includes its Chat feature over Microsoft Teams.

Users who are testing Windows 11 will be able to test the software before it becomes available later this year.

Brandon LeBlanc, a Microsoft senior program manager, wrote in a blog post that users can access the Chat feature by using the shortcut Win+C in Windows 11. An icon would also be available in the task bar.

The manager further wrote that initially users can only chat through individual and group chats while features like voice and video calls will be incorporated later.

If a person using Chat in Windows 11 sends a message to someone who is not using Teams, then the recipient will get the message through email or SMS, LeBlanc wrote.

“Today, Microsoft announced that it is going to bundle Teams with Windows as well as Office,” Slack said on the day Microsoft announced Windows 11, reported CNBC.

“Our reaction is simple: choice is better than lock-in, open is better than closed, and fair competition is best of all. Unfortunately, Microsoft has never seen it that way.”

(With inputs from CNBC)

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