Apple’s Vision Pro will have Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel and other 365 apps at launch
Apple’s Vision Pro will have Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel and other 365 apps at launch
Headset owners will also have access to the AI-powered Copilot service.
Appleās upcoming Vision Pro AR/VR headset will have a bunch of dedicated Microsoft 365 apps at launch on February 2, including Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and Loop. Apple has long described the Vision Pro as primarily a productivity device, so the addition of Microsoft products should make users, well, more productive.
These arenāt just slapdash remakes of correlating iPads apps, as many have built-in tools that take advantage of the headset. For instance, PowerPoint features a custom immersive environment that allows users to practice delivering a presentation to an actual audience. Excel will let users quickly move documents to other apps by using the headsetās pinch and drag functionality.
Microsoft Word will include a focus mode that blocks distractions so you can actually finish that novel youāve been talking about for 15 years. Teams will take advantage of the headsetās persona feature, so your digital avatar can attend work meetings and creep everyone else out via the magic of the uncanny valley. The Zoom app on Apple Vision Pro will also include this feature.
Headset owners will also be able to access Microsoftās AI-powered Copilot service. In other words, youāll be able to use natural conversation to instruct the digital assistant to create drafts, summarize documents and even generate PowerPoint presentations.
Each of these apps will be available via the official App Store as soon as you unbox your expensive new gadget. There has been plenty of chatter about what software wonāt be available at launch, like Netflix and YouTube, so itās good to see that early adopters wonāt be forced to exclusively use Apple-branded apps.
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