Introducing Microsoft Teams displays

JohnW_AU John Meredith Teams Displays are an evolution of devices many people already have, which is IP Desk phones, and esp. video phones. FYI there are > 23M IP desk phones sold annually WW, and that number is growing.  Many people like having a dedicated, purpose built, always on and always connected device available to quickly make calls and join meetings.  While we think there is a great use case for simpler desk phones, and we have our Teams Phones experience for that, we also believe that there is a great opportunity to evolve video phones to be broader companion devices, delivering more of the value of Microsoft 365 in addition to calling and meetings.  That is what the Teams Displays experience will do, again on always on, always connected, purpose built devices. Relative to video phones, which can cost $500-800, the Lenovo ThinkSmart View is very attractively priced at $350.  Also, an $89 tablet would not work well, as it would have very poor audio and video performance, and not nearly enough CPU / GPU to provide advanced capabilities in Teams, such as background blur.