Overview
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said on Jan. 29 that all government officials will adopt Visio, a state-built videoconferencing platform replacing Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and other non‑European services.
- Visio was developed by France’s digital directorate as an open‑source tool and is hosted with Outscale, with transcription and subtitling provided by French AI firms Pyannote and Kyutai.
- The platform has been tested for about a year and has roughly 40,000 users, offering HD calls, screen sharing, chat, and AI‑powered transcription with speaker identification.
- A letter from the prime minister sets a goal to complete the transition by the end of 2026, while other reporting cites full deployment by 2027, and ministries will stop renewing licences for non‑European platforms as they migrate.
- Officials cite security and data‑control concerns as key drivers and project savings of about €1 million per year for every 100,000 users, aligning the move with broader European efforts to reduce reliance on US tech.