After Microsoft retired Skype earlier this month, Microsoft Groups has emerged as its go-to various, providing many thrilling options akin to real-time collaboration, communication, file sharing, and extra. Curiously, Microsoft has a suggestions portal the place customers can present suggestions on totally different Microsoft merchandise, together with Groups, in addition to request new options.

One characteristic that customers have been requesting for a very long time in Microsoft Groups is the power to react to a message with a number of emojis. Evidently Microsoft has lastly listened to person’s requests and can quickly introduce this characteristic to Microsoft Groups.

The Redmond large has added a brand new characteristic ID (491468) on its Microsoft 365 roadmap web page titled “Microsoft Groups: A number of Emoji Reactions per Message.” In line with the outline, this characteristic will permit customers to “categorical a wider vary of feelings extra successfully.” That is actually true, as you might have come throughout messages the place you wished you possibly can react with multiple emoji.

The web page additionally exhibits that the characteristic is presently in improvement, and Microsoft is planning to launch its early preview by June 2025, adopted by its common roll out in the identical month. Nevertheless, take this launch date data with a pinch of salt, because the anticipated launch date isn’t confirmed. It’s potential that the characteristic might be delayed by a few months if Microsoft encounters any points throughout improvement.

That mentioned, Microsoft Groups will not be the primary platform to introduce the power to react to a message with a number of emojis. Slack, a preferred group communication and collaboration platform, has supplied this characteristic for years.

Nevertheless, it is going to be attention-grabbing to see the utmost variety of reactions Microsoft Groups will permit per message per particular person, contemplating that the platform has over 800 emoji reactions out there. As a heads-up, Slack permits a most of 23 emoji reactions by one particular person on a single message.