{"id":686775,"date":"2020-08-24T06:23:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T13:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-project&#038;p=686775"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:34:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T23:34:44","slug":"social-devices-2","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/social-devices-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"mb-3 moray-highlight\">\n\t<div class=\"card-img-overlay mx-lg-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"card-background  has-background- card-background--full-bleed\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1097\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TeamCompanionExperiences-banner-1400x600-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Mobile phone showing Microsoft Teams Companion Mode Banner\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TeamCompanionExperiences-banner-1400x600-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TeamCompanionExperiences-banner-1400x600-1-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TeamCompanionExperiences-banner-1400x600-1-1024x439.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TeamCompanionExperiences-banner-1400x600-1-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TeamCompanionExperiences-banner-1400x600-1-1536x658.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TeamCompanionExperiences-banner-1400x600-1-2048x878.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- Foreground -->\n\t\t<div class=\"card-foreground d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 px-g px-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Container -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 \">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Card wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 w-lg-col-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Card -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card material-md-card py-5 px-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/blended-reality-for-effective-workflows\/past-projects\/\" class=\"icon-link icon-link--reverse mb-2\" data-bi-cN=\"BREW Past Projects\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-glyph glyph-chevron-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBREW Past Projects\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading h2\" id=\"social-devices-2015-2019\">Social Devices (2015 &#8211; 2019)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a data-bi-type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/join-a-microsoft-teams-meeting-on-a-second-device-c28e7407-183b-46ea-ab17-2212700e5f41\">Microsoft Teams meeting companion mode<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The Social Devices work stream explored how to enable the multiple devices we already have and already know how to use to act as companions to one another in meetings.\u00a0We explored ways in which our computing devices could be dynamically aggregated and dis-aggregated to create user experiences that adapted to changing social and activity demands encountered throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>Features using this research shipped in Microsoft Teams meetings as <strong>Companion Mode<\/strong> and in Skype as <strong>TwinCam<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read the <strong>Garage Wall of Fame<\/strong> post about the Hackathon that lead to these features in Microsoft Teams: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/garage\/wall-of-fame\/companionexperiences\/\">Mobile Sharing and Companion Experiences for Microsoft Teams Meetings<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>See Microsoft Teams support documents at: <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 18px\" href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/join-a-microsoft-teams-meeting-on-a-second-device-c28e7407-183b-46ea-ab17-2212700e5f41\">Join a Microsoft Teams meeting on a second device &#8211; Microsoft Support<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>See the Skype support documents at: <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/support.skype.com\/en\/faq\/FA34945\/how-do-i-use-twincam-in-skype\">How do I use TwinCam in Skype? 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