Microsoft Teams now has 250 million monthly active users
Microsoft Teams’ numbers keep on growing. Just a few short months ago, back in April 2021, Teams boasted 145 million daily active users. That number has since ballooned to 250 million monthly active users. Though the qualifier is different (monthly versus daily), a quarter of a billion monthly users is no small feat.
This figure was shared by Kyle Vikstrom, Director of Microsoft Investor Relations, with Mary Jo Foley over at ZDNet. The news comes ahead of Microsoft’s fiscal year 2021 fourth-quarter earnings call.
Teams is at the center of Microsoft’s plans for the immediate future. Not only is it being directly integrated into Windows 11 as the default Chat app, but it’s also bonding with Windows in other ways, and is getting constant updates for its own functionalities.
You can expect Teams to continue to improve itself and be the pacesetter for other Microsoft apps as it keeps dominating the work world and expands into general consumer spaces, attempting to dislodge Zoom as the de facto video calling app for everyday chitchats.
Do note that Teams is not the only communication solution Microsoft offers. Though it does not attract as many headlines anymore, Skype persists for those who prefer the classic choice to web-based phone calls and conferences.
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Surface Duo 2’s new camera bump is probably going to be fine
Yesterday, images of a near-final Surface Duo 2 prototype leaked revealing that Microsoft’s next dual-screen phone will finally include a competent triple-lens camera system housed in a very typical camera bump, just like other smartphones on the market. So far, however, response to these images has been somewhat negative.
