In the event you’ve ever had the embarrassing displeasure of interrupting a Microsoft Groups assembly by unintentionally hitting the “increase hand” function, then I’ve some excellent news for you. Microsoft is redesigning its on-line assembly software program, which is able to transfer the increase hand button from the primary toolbar and permit customers to personalize the controls displayed there.
The replace was introduced on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap and is predicted to roll out someday in June this 12 months. The adjustments will group the Increase Hand function underneath the Reactions button “to scale back mis-clicks,” in keeping with Microsoft, which is helpful as a result of the 2 features are straightforward to conflate at a look. That ought to forestall Groups customers from disrupting calls with hand-raising once they really needed to ship emoji reactions, or just by lacking the meant button.
New customizations may also allow customers to pin, unpin, and reorder controls on the assembly toolbar, and the “Depart” button will probably be “clearly separated on the best” — suggesting that this additionally intends to treatment folks unintentionally closing calls or frantically searching for the way to go away when conferences are completed. Microsoft hasn’t offered any photos of the anticipated redesign, however says that it’s “designed to be quicker and simpler to make use of,” even when it “could really feel completely different at first.”
