Video conferencing: Microsoft Teams on laptops will now consume 50% less power, claims tech giant – Times of India

Microsoft teams over you laptop will now consume 50% less power during energy-intensive team meetings with more than 10 users, Microsoft claimed in a blogpost.
Microsoft says it reviewed several factors in Teams that caused battery drain laptop Like content capture, encoding and rendering a . during video call and then worked on camera optimization to reduce CPU Demanded, configuration improvements, “reducing code complexity by autoexposure, auto-white balance and auto-aliasing”, leading to less power gain.
As for video rendering, which can include videos that come with different resolutions, the tech giant says it combined the streams and made them into a single video, thereby consolidating the operations in video rendering and power for each device. helped to “substantially reduce” the requirements. meeting.
Providing optimization, targeting different screen components, will cause apps to use less power when sharing videos and apps, according to Microsoft. The company also plans more screen-sharing optimizations in 2022.
“Looking forward, we will continue to work closely with CPU and GPU chipset vendors to ensure that the next generation of silicon can be further optimized for teams. video conferencingMicrosoft added in a blog post.

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