Fb-owner Meta mentioned Tuesday it’s shutting down its business-focused Office app to give attention to synthetic intelligence and metaverse.

The corporate mentioned it believes the AI and metaverse applied sciences it’s growing “will essentially reshape the best way we work” because it winds down the Office product, a web based collaboration instrument aimed toward company clients. 

Present clients can use Office till August 31, 2025, once they’ll be given the choice of transitioning to Zoom’s Workvivo product, which Meta referred to as its “solely most well-liked migration accomplice.” Clients will have the ability to view their Office knowledge for roughly a 12 months after the app ceases functioning, based on the corporate. 

Office, which was launched in 2016, permits file sharing amongst colleagues in addition to supplies a hub for a corporation’s insurance policies and paperwork, amongst different options. In 2021, the app had 7 million paid subscribers. 

The transfer to ditch the app comes as Meta invests billions in growing its metaverse and AI capabilities, whereas chopping hundreds of jobs in different departments. The corporate launched new AI-powered chatbots in April that exhibited each spectacular capabilities and unusual tendencies. 

For instance, when a Meta AI agent was unleashed on social media, it tried to offer away nonexistent objects to members of a “Purchase Nothing” group on Fb.

—With reporting from the Related Press