Good news: All your favorite Microsoft 365 apps are coming to Apple Vision Pro: Teams, Word, Excel and more go virtual, and there’s even Copilot
Microsoft has announced that all of its popular workplace apps are coming to the Apple Vision Pro headset when it launches later this week.
The company has revealed that the top Microsoft 365 apps, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote, will all be available in the App Store for Apple Vision Pro on February 2 (the day of the official launch).
And for those looking to take their video conference meetings to the next level, Microsoft Teams will also be available, offering a whole new way to communicate and collaborate with colleagues, colleagues and friends wherever they are.
Microsoft 365 on Apple Vision Pro
“At Microsoft, we’re committed to delivering great Microsoft 365 experiences to our customers on their favorite platforms and devices,” said Microsoft’s Gabriel Valdez Malpartida in a statement blog post announce the news.
“We have been working closely with Apple for many years to bring these experiences to iPhone, iPad and Mac. Now, with Apple Vision Pro, these apps leverage the infinite canvas of spatial computing and can appear side by side at any scale. incredible multitasking.”
The company added that its Microsoft Copilot AI platform will also be available to give users a much more intelligent and intuitive experience, including the ability to “create, analyze and connect, using your own words and voice (literally) ”.
Microsoft outlined some of the ways it thinks the Apple Vision Pro can benefit users in the workplace, and why its apps are the perfect partner for the device.
This includes using the device to practice a PowerPoint presentation as you would when speaking to a live audience, using the infinite canvas feature to visualize and analyze data in Excel charts and sheets, and blocking out all distractions to focus on a particular Word document – where Copilot is also able to quickly summarize documents.
When it comes to Microsoft Teams, the company says Apple Vision Pro can allow users to enjoy immersive communications wherever they are, and even create their own ‘persona’ to build a virtual representation of themselves for a conversation.
The news comes shortly after Microsoft Teams in particular received a virtual boost with the announcement of Microsoft Mesh, a platform that aims to bring colleagues and collaboration partners together as virtual avatars, wherever they are in the world.
The platform won’t be the only workplace software offering coming to the Apple Vision Pro, as Zoom has also announced an official app for the headset that will allow users to collaborate in what it says is a more realistic, immersive environment.