End of Support for Cortana on Microsoft Teams Room on Windows and Teams Displays (Lenovo ThinkSmart View)

Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 30, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

We are making some changes to Microsoft Teams Room on Windows (MTR-W) and Teams Displays that will impact Cortana voice assistance. Come end of September 2023, we will no longer support Cortana voice assistance, both push-to-talk capability and wakeword detection, on all MTR-W devices and Teams Displays, specifically Lenovo ThinkSmart View.

We know that this change may affect some of the ways you work on Teams devices, so we want to help you transition smoothly. We are excited to keep innovating and using AI to help you work smarter and faster. We are working towards new ways to use AI to save time and focus on what matters most to you.

When will this happen?

We will implement this change by September 29, 2023. Users will no longer be able to invoke Cortana via the push-to-talk button or use the keyword (“Cortana”) when this change is implemented.

How this will affect your organization:

The removal of Cortana voice assistance may impact the way users interact and engage with the MTR-W device or Teams Displays. Users who leveraged Cortana voice assistance to complete tasks such as: join/start meeting, end meeting, add <name/number>, and calling can complete these tasks manually via the device interface. With the removal of Cortana voice assistance, the user interface on these devices will no longer have Cortana entry points, buttons, settings, and tooltips. Lastly, rooms equipped with Teams certified Intelligent Speakers can continue to use the device for meeting audio and intelligent transcription with speaker attribution.

What you need to do to prepare:

Please notify your users about this change and update any training documentation, as appropriate.

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