Staying in touch with your colleagues when you're out in the field for a job is about to get a lot easier for frontline workers, as Microsoft will soon incorporate the push-to-talk walkie-talkie feature into Microsoft Teams. According to a new post in Microsoft XNUMX Roadmap, the new feature will be available worldwide in September after it was discovered in a post on the Microsoft Teams User Feedback Discussion Forum on the last November. When the feature rolls out, Teams users will be able to turn their smartphone or tablet into a walkie-talkie that can work over both a cellular and wireless connection. Corporate Vice President of Modern Workplace Verticals at Microsoft, Emma Williams, explained in a weblog post how Teams' walkie-talkie feature will reduce the number of devices employees must carry each and every day while providing security. compared to analog devices, stating: “This feature, built natively into Teams, reduces the number of devices employees need to carry and IT costs. Unlike analog devices with insecure networks, service customers no longer have to worry about crosstalk or hearing strangers. And since the walkie talkie works via Wi-Fi or cellular data, this capability can be used in any geographic location. "
