Microsoft speeds up chat and channel switching in Teams

Microsoft has made some major improvements to their chat app, Teams. The most notable improvement is that it's 30% faster when switching between threads in different chats or channels.

“The most common action for a user in Teams is to switch between different chats, channels, and activity feeds,”  Microsoft revealed.

“Over the past two years, switching between chat threads is now 32% faster, switching between channels is 39% faster. This leads to a more fluid experience that will keep you in the flow.”

The improvements are the result of our upgraded Teams framework, which renders HTML trees faster and runs JavaScript more effectively.

Microsoft added, “We are excited to share that the framework upgrade improved the join time by 21%, and responsiveness during meetings has improved. For example, the latency of raising your hand has improved by 16%,” he said.

The software giant has been working to improve its Teams desktop app for some time now, they have enhanced latency and page load times for messaging in June 2022 and have reduced the power requirements in meetings significantly back in February.

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