Microsoft Teams coming to Android Auto in February 2024
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Why in the ever loving fuck would anyone want Teams in their car?!
I even don't know a single person who wants it on their computer.
That actually seems like a win win minus all the extra car accidents. A small price to pay for productivity
Should be counted as it anyway.
Had a chat with a friend a while ago. She only has a 15-30 minute commute. Assuming the best, that’s still 2 hours and 30 minutes a week. That’s ten hours unpaid time a month.
Employers will surely agree
If your company uses Teams in place of a traditional phone system (which is becoming more common) then being able to answer phone calls from that system in the car easily is definitely an advantage.
Why? Most people's commute is unpaid, plus one of the dangers of talking on the phone while driving is not necessarily tapping at the screen, but the conversation.
So now we have more people working unpaid and driving distracted.
I'm not talking about during a commute. I'm talking about driving from site to site during the work day.
Yes, but as they pointed out talking on the phone while driving is a distraction that increases the likelihood of an accident.
But why?
Meh, the reality is Android Auto is such a bad idea anyway.
Being dependent on auto manufacturers to keep their head units up to date is silly. They're terrible at this game.
Ever had a car with GPS? My Android phone has beat car GPS since 2006. I have a new car in the family, and it will never see a mapping update. Oh, they claim it will exist, but when? And for how much? And when the manufacturer of that hardware ceases operations, what then? We use it just to have a map up, and phones for actual nav, for voice directions.
Until we see open hardware in head units (so we can manage it ourselves), it will continue to be a shitshow. But we know manufacturers will never give up that control.
I thought the phone rendered the UI shown on the headunit and all it does is pass though the video and button presses. I haven't had a headunit update in 6 years and android auto is running the newest UI.
I really don't want to be available for work while I'm driving. At least give me that time frame for myself.
My dude, I want two things in my Android Auto, and two things only: Maps and Spotify*. That's it. Stop cramming stupid shit that can't be used while I'm driving, what the hell.
*swap it for your music player of choice.
Vii music is great as well.
I can scare think of something I want less hahaha.
How is that safe? And some people actually use their commutes to not work.
Not my boss. He'll be on a teams call while driving to the office. I don't get it.
Ah yes that sounds like an incredibly safe idea.
Great. The one app I actively avoid all the times is chasing me around like a scooby doo villain now.
That thumbnail is cursed
damn microsoft why you have to threaten us like that