France to replace Zoom and Teams with Visio for government use

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Jan. 29, 2026 that French government officials will stop using American-owned video conference software and begin using a French-made platform called Visio, the change to be completed by the end of the year, he said in a letter to his cabinet.

The government said Visio was developed by the French government with the cloud company Outscale. Two French A.I. companies, Pyannote and Kyutai, were enlisted to offer transcription and subtitling services, the statement said. Mr. Lecornu wrote that "Video conferencing services now play a decisive role in the day-to-day operations of your central administrations," and said non-European-made tools posed risks including cybersecurity and lack of control over data, according to his letter.

The rollout is part of an effort to "end the use of non-European solutions" and to "regain digital independence," the government said.

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