India, July 28 -- Mercedes-Benz will soon allow customers to take video calls while driving as part of its collaboration with Microsoft. The German carmaker will integrate Microsoft's enhanced Meetings for Teams app into its vehicles, allowing drivers to hop on a call with colleagues if they wish.

In a press release, the company said that its integration of the Microsoft Teams app will allow drivers to "use the in-car camera while driving, allowing other participants to see them during a meeting." However, the driver will not be able to see any shared screens or slides while in motion as "the meeting video stream turns off automatically as soon as the camera is activated".

Mercedes-Benz has called it "setting a new standard for in-car p...