Microsoft Teams Copilot Gets A Boost With AI Updates: What We Know

Microsoft is enhancing the functionality of its AI-driven Copilot in Microsoft Teams by adding new ways to call upon the assistant for summaries, meeting conversations and other purposes. Copilot is already able to summarise Teams sessions, but in the next few months, it will merge spoken transcripts and written discussions into a single display, making it simpler to catch up on missed meetings.

According to the Microsoft 365 blog, the Teams app is getting a lot of updates powered by AI. One of the updates is an improved Microsoft Copilot that can summarize your meetings. In April, Copilot will also be able to recognise you in transcripts based on your voice and face.

In May, Copilot will be able to listen to meetings in real time and then give you a summary afterwards, including a written record of what was said and a log of the text chat. In June, Copilot will also be able to track your VOIP calls and provide you with AI-powered insights about the call, so you don't have to remember everything yourself.

If you often struggle with what to say in meetings, Copilot will have a new text-based feature in April. You can ask Copilot to help you expand your message to better achieve your goals. Microsoft says you can even ask it to “make you sound like a pirate,” which could be fun for International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Additionally, Microsoft has said that it is turning on its AI-powered Intelliframe function by default. This feature makes it easier for remote workers to call into a physical meeting room to see who is present and who is not.

The AI can switch between different camera views automatically, ensuring that everyone stays in the shot even if they move out of view. It will also have AI-powered voice isolation to minimize background noise, like when someone suddenly starts vacuuming during a call.

Finally, Microsoft has partnered with AT&T, Virgin Media O2, Odido, Vodafone UK, and other companies to make Teams Phone Mobile more widely available later this year.

This solution aims to simplify communication by providing users with a single phone number to use for both Microsoft Teams and their regular phone app.