How Copilot is Gradually Integrating AI into Your Microsoft Teams Calls and Chats

Microsoft is enhancing Teams with innovative artificial intelligence capabilities. The company's Copilot AI assistant is expanding its presence within the Teams app, aimed at making your meetings smarter and more efficient.

Three key Copilot features are being introduced to improve your experience with calls, chats, and call summaries. First, Copilot will extract insights from your meeting chat and transcript, providing a comprehensive overview of what transpired, whether discussed verbally or shared in the chat.

Next, Copilot will be integrated into the Teams chat compose box. Similar to the functionality in Microsoft Edge, this feature will allow users to rewrite messages using customizable prompts. Microsoft anticipates this will streamline communication, so you no longer need to ponder how to start.

Additionally, a Copilot feature designed for VoIP and PSTN callers in Teams will launch next quarter. This enhancement will deliver AI-driven insights during calls, empowering you to enhance productivity and optimize your time spent on calls.

For Teams Rooms users, several improvements are on the way. Microsoft will activate IntelliFrame by default on Teams Rooms devices, utilizing Cloud AI to capture distinct video feeds of each in-room participant. Automatic camera switching will also be rolled out later this year, alongside enhanced speaker recognition capabilities for existing microphones, ensuring improved transcript accuracy in Windows-based Teams Rooms.

To discover how to leverage these new features, visit Microsoft’s Copilot for Work website. Research indicates that Copilot can boost productivity by up to 70%, making it unsurprising that Microsoft is enriching Teams with additional Copilot features.

Microsoft is heavily invested in AI, with speculation that the company may introduce more AI-powered functionalities to Windows beyond Teams. Potential features include "AI Explorer," which aims to better contextualize your screen activities, and AI enhancements designed to elevate gaming experiences.

Currently, Copilot in Teams is exclusively available through Copilot for Microsoft 365, which serves organizations, as opposed to the individual-focused Copilot Pro.