Windows 11 Chat app powered by Microsoft Teams gets little love from our readers

Windows xi includes a Chat app powered by Microsoft Teams. It's a lighter version of Teams geared towards personal users. Since Windows 11 has been out for most a month, we ran a poll over the weekend to see if people utilize the Conversation app. The results don't look practiced for the default communication app of Windows 11.

The vast bulk of Windows Cardinal readers that voted in the poll stated they never use the Chat app powered by Microsoft Teams. Only under 81% of polled participants never use the app, and an boosted 12.7% only use information technology occasionally. Just over 6% of voters use the Chat app as their main communication app on Windows 11.

Several complained well-nigh the fact that the Chat app only supports personal accounts. Rick Mathers said, "I would employ information technology if it supported business accounts. I try to go my friends to use it, only no go."

Some other user known equally poddie echoed similar sentiments:

It's useless because information technology only supports personal accounts. I would dear to apply it for business concern chats. Instead, they force you lot to install the Teams business version, and then that was very disruptive because the icons are nearly identical and the names of the apps aren't clear at all. Badly mishandled. Love almost everything about windows 11 except this feature.

Others pointed out that many people have already settled on a communication app of option. ElRodeo stated:

Uninstalled it. Nobody uses it for personal apply. We alive in a mobile first world and people already have many conversation/video call apps on mobile for which in that location'southward a pc version bachelor too. Reality is, people chat and video call on their mobile. The simply fourth dimension yous actually utilize your PC, is for work meetings on Teams or zoom etc.

While only a few people stated that they use the app regularly, one feature came up several times in the comments section: The power to send SMS letters. This functionality is limited to the The states at this point but is a preferred choice for some PC owners. "I employ it to send texts, simple SMS. Then none of my private contacts really [need] to have windows 11 or teams," explained leo74.

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