Microsoft Word and Teams leave the offices

Although the pandemic and the crisis that unleashed the coronavirus were devastating for many sectors of the economy, there is one type of industry that has benefited greatly. All the companies dedicated to technology found in the policies of confinement and social distancing an opportunity to promote and develop many of their main businesses.
Microsoft was one of the firms that, as the days of the pandemic progressed, gradually adapted its services to reach more users. The main product that they modified and promoted was Microsoft Teams, mainly because of the tool that allows group video calls.
Faced with the change in people's habits and the greater use of programs and applications at home both to work and to communicate with family and friends, one of the latest news about Microsoft Word and the new functions through Teams comes to the mobile phones.

From the office to the family

The package offered by Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams has tools and applications that are very useful for business productivity and teamwork. Given the situation that unleashed the covid-19, a large number of people moved their workplace from the office to the home. This made many behaviors and work habits mix with the routine of the home. For example, the tradition of conducting group and virtual meetings or calls is not only the weekly office meeting, but also practiced to celebrate the birthday of a family member or friend.
In this scenario, Microsoft takes the opportunity and that is why it spreads the news that Microsoft Word and many of the Teams functions will be modified and applied in a novel way in an application for Android and iOS.

The new functions

The advantages of Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and most of the applications of the Teams package in general are many. A lot of companies use these programs every day to improve their productivity. But what if you can now take advantage of all those benefits on your mobile with family and friends?
On June 22, in a statement on its official site, Microsoft detailed in an article signed by Liat Ben-Zur (a senior management of the company) all the news that it will introduce in Teams with the aim of bringing it closer to everyday use and that it arrives beyond the business environment.
Among the new functions it will be possible to create groups between users where they can chat and make video calls or voice calls. There will also be the possibility of sharing images, documents or GIFs. In addition, when working with friends or family, people will have calendars, lists and panels in which to organize tasks and messages.
One of the advantages of the new Microsoft measure is that people will be able to access OneDrive and jointly edit Microsoft Word, Excel or Power Point files. Users will also have the possibility to share their location.

The latest news about Microsoft Word and its new features together with the Teams for mobile package are very important. If Microsoft's decision to bring its product closer to everyday use beyond offices and companies pays off, Bill Gates' company can become a rival to many of the most popular mobile phone applications that until today seemed to be unrivaled. .