My people app

My people is a new feature that is intended to allow users to gain a deeper interaction with a few of their key contacts in new ways. For example, messages being received via SMS and appearing on the desktop, enabling interaction with emails, and allowing responses via another app such as Skype are all brought together in a single view. The solution provides a quick method of sharing content with the contact through simple drag and drop or through new context menus. It works by combining some of the key features from other apps, such as Contacts, Mail, Skype, and OneDrive, to achieve the following:

• View multiple communication apps together that are filtered to each person on your taskbar.
• Select the app you want to use to chat and Windows will remember for next time.
• People-first sharing: You can either drag and drop files onto the contacts in the taskbar to share via email or share directly with a contact via the share picker.
• Pin your people to the taskbar: Windows will suggest some to start with, or you can pick your own:
  • See emoji from your pinned contacts: When receiving emoji from your pinned contacts, you can watch them appear and animate right from the taskbar
  • Notification badges: Pinned contacts display a counter if there are unseen messages

These features will grow in time to make communicating with your favorite people simple and faster.