United Kingdom, Dec. 1 -- Microsoft is giving hybrid workers a little extra breathing room before its next big - and highly controversial - Teams upgrade lands.

The company has delayed the rollout of a new feature that automatically reports your physical work location to colleagues and managers, after originally planning a December 2025 release. The update will now begin rolling out in January 2026.

The feature, which automatically sets a user's location when they connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, effectively lets Teams show whether you're in the office, in a specific building, or nowhere near company premises.

If an individual is working from home, a cafe, or an Airbnb by the beach, the absence of that corporate Wi-Fi handshake w...