Microsoft Working on 'WeChat-Like Experience' for Microsoft 365 Apps: Report

Microsoft has reportedly been working on a large-calibration distributed platform, or foundation, that will sit on top of many of its cloud-based services, including SharePoint, the Function 365 substrate and Azure, to offer "a WeChat-similar experience" across its diverse Microsoft 365 apps and services. Called 'MetaOS', or 'Taos', it will apparently also incorporate the company's motorcar-learning infrastructure and more.

That's co-ordinate to a report from ZDNet, which claims that MetaOS is role of Microsoft'due south strategy to advance its substrate vision past emphasizing how the upcoming AI technology will make information technology more than useful across all platforms compatible with Office 365 apps and services.

Do note that in spite of its name, MetaOS isn't meant to be an 'Bone', or operating organisation, unlike Windows or Android. Instead, it volition be a layer on acme of many of Microsoft's apps and services to raise user-experience by infusing them with AI. Since it will be a deject-based service, MetaOS will piece of work across all devices and platforms supported by Microsoft's apps.

While Microsoft is yet to announce anything the platform publicly, the report claims that it will likely play a meaning role in the company vision for Microsoft Teams, Function, Border and more than. Information technology is apparently styled on Tencent's 'WeChat' mobile platform and, will exist Microsoft's way of offering a number of personal and professional person services, including instant messaging, voice calling, video chats, digital payments, gaming, news feeds and more.

"In short, MetaOS is Microsoft's underlying architecture and strategy for the foundational layer of its Microsoft 365 subscription services for concern and consumer users", said the report. It volition exist interesting to see when Microsoft gets around to announcing the new platform publicly.