Microsoft bring a “Meet Now” icon in the taskbar of latest version of Windows 10 to allow users to quickly set up a video call and invite their friends and colleagues to chat virtually.
The new development comes more than six months after the Redmond-based company introduced the Meet Now feature in Skype to allow people to start a virtual group conversation without the need of any app or registration. Emerging players, including Zoom, have seen a significant increase in their adoption during the pandemic. However, Skype
it has not experienced significant growth. he Microsoft’s latest move is therefore a strategy for boost Skype usage.
Initially, Microsoft ofrece Meet Now in the Windows 10 taskbar preview Insider Build 19042.608 (KB4580364)
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“In the coming weeks, you’ll be able to easily set up a video call and communicate with your friends and family in an instant by clicking the Meet Now icon in the taskbar notification area,” said said Brandon LeBlanc, senior director of programs at Microsoft. wrote
in a blog post announcing the new Windows 10 update.
Last month, Microsoft released the Meet Now button for Windows Insiders on the Dev channel. This test would have helped the manufacturer of Windows to offer the same experience to beta testers.
According to your Support page on the site of Microsoft, the Meet Now icon in the taskbar is now available in the Windows 10 versions 1903 and 1909 up to version KB4580386
. However, users of the latest version of Windows 10 have not yet received the new functionality.
Skype received the Meet Now feature in April to allow users to quickly make a video call and invite their contacts directly through a link, without the need for a specific app or registration. The experience is similar to inviting someone to a zoom virtual meeting. Recipients of invitations can join a call through their web browser using Skype for the web or they can even mute their microphone and camera and simply listen to or watch the video on their systems.
In addition to giving way to ícono Meet Now, Microsoft has provided a large number of fixes and improvements through the latest version of Windows 10 which is available to Insiders who are on Update 20H2 or Windows 10 October 2020.
Windows 10 Update fixes issues with Group Policy preferences to set home page in Internet Explorer. It also fixes the issue of untrusted URL browsing from Internet Explorer by opening them in Microsoft Defender Application Guard using Microsoft Edge. Likewise, the update fixes the issue affecting Developer Tools in Microsoft Edge for remote debugging on a Windows 10 machine.
Microsoft has also given administrators the ability to use Group Policy to enable Save Target As for users in Microsoft Edge IE mode. The update also includes fixes to show incorrect CPU frequency and DDE applications. Additionally, there is a workaround for Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) booting issue on ARM64 devices. A deadlock in the Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCPIP) driver that limits operating system performance has also been fixed.