Microsoft has been testing a beta of Apple-silicon-optimized model of Groups since April this 12 months. In the present day, August 3, Microsoft officers mentioned this new Groups consumer for Mac would begin rolling out to clients “in increments over the approaching months.”
Microsoft has been working to optimize its key Microsoft 365 apps, together with Outlook, Phrase, Excel and PowerPoint, for Apple silicon. Officers mentioned the approaching optimized Groups consumer ought to have a major efficiency increase as it should now not must run in emulation utilizing Apple’s Rosetta 2. The efficiency increase ought to occur even when utilizing a number of high-resolution displays for calls or conferences, officers claimed.
All customers Mac customers, together with these with M1/M2-based Macs, will probably be upgraded mechanically to the brand new Groups consumer, officers mentioned.
“We’re rolling out a manufacturing grade common binary model of Groups, which implies it should run natively on the complete Mac lineup, together with these with Apple silicon,” officers mentioned.
