What’s new in Microsoft Teams – June 2022

Expand and collapse system alerts in meetings

System messages from Teams are now grouped together at the top of the meeting window. Expand the notifications to preview all the messages, and then collapse and clear all notifications with one tap.

Sign in with a code

Can’t remember your password? No worries. Set up a secondary email or phone number for your free Teams accounts and you’ll be able to sign in using a short code. New phone number accounts can even create an account without a password.

Chat with any phone number or email

Chat with anyone using just their email address or phone number even if they’re not using Teams. Simply start a new chat and where you’d add a person’s name, type their number or email instead. Then you can send the message like you normally would.

Share live components in messages with Loops

With live components, you’re now able to send a message that everyone in your chat can edit inline—and see changes instantly. It’s a new way to ideate, create, and make decisions together while holding fewer meetings and minimizing the need for long chat threads. Learn more at Send a Loop component in Teams chat

Find the right emoji

Express yourself in the perfect way! You can now search for the exact emoji you’re looking for. Tap    in the box where you type your message, and you’ll find a search box where you can search for emoji by names and description.

Give them the spotlight

You can now spotlight up to seven people in a meeting from your phone or tablet. From the participants list or from the videos on screen, long press on the name or video of a person and tap Spotlight (or Add spotlight if someone has already been added).

Use Immersive Reader

Hear your messages read aloud. To learn more, see Use Immersive Reader in Microsoft Teams.

Join webinars

Attendees can now join webinars from a phone or iPad.

Better search results

Get autosuggestions and Top hits as you type your search terms.

They’re all online

All meetings (even appointments) are now automatically online meetings so you can quickly share a link with someone.

Sort your search results

When you search for a message, you can now choose to order the results by relevance or by how recently it was sent.

View meeting attachments and other files

From the meeting details tab, you will now be able to view any attachments the organizer added to the meeting, along with Teams-generated suggestions on other files that might be relevant to your meeting,

Speed dial now available

In Calls, you can now toggle between Speed dial and call History.

Access pinned chats

At the top of your chat list on your phone or iPad, you’ll find all of your pinned chats from desktop. Scroll left and right to view all of them, or tap and hold a chat to unpin or change the order of your pinned chats.

You’re now free to move about the app

With PiP (Picture in Picture), you can now multitask in Teams while also seeing what’s going on in a meeting or call. Simply tap the back button to navigate to another part of Teams and your meeting video will minimize to a small picture in the corner of the screen. Tap the picture to go back to the meeting at anytime.

Bigger, better world of emoji

Express yourself in Teams with a wider range of diversity and representation. The emoji set in Teams has grown from 85 to over 800 emoji, including new categories and different skin tones for specific emoji.

Set the scene with your own background

You can now change your background in calls or meetings. Either choose from a list of Teams images or upload your own. For more details, see Change your background for a Teams meeting.

Join a full meeting

When a meeting reaches max capacity, you can still join as a view-only attendee.

Invite distribution lists and Modern Groups

When scheduling a Teams meeting, type the name of a distribution list or a Modern Group to add all the members to the meeting.

Say it with emojis

Live reactions are now available in Teams meetings when you join from your phone or tablet. Learn more about sending animated reactions including Like (thumbs up), Love (heart), Applause, and Laugh in meetings at Express yourself in Teams meetings with live reactions.

Present in a live event via iPad

Presenters, you can now join and run a live event from your iPad. Head on over to Present in a live event in Teams and select the iOS tab at the top of the page for more details.

Remove account info from Teams

To clear account info, go to the sign-in screen and swipe left on the account that you want to delete. This will remove the account and related data from your mobile device, but it won’t delete the account from your license.

Cyber meetups with friends and family

Teams for your personal life now lets you schedule and join events with individuals or a group. Learn more about meetings in Teams for your personal life.

Forward meetings

If you’re not the meeting organizer, you can still forward a meeting invite to someone. Simply open the meeting and tap Details. Under the list of participants, you’ll find Forward meeting. Then, type the name or email address of the recipient and tap Done.

Meeting options are in the details

Now, you can control your Meeting options (who can bypass the lobby, attendee mic control, etc.) from the details tab of a meeting. You’ll need to open the meeting, then tap the Details tab. Immediately below the Participants section you’ll find   Meeting options.

Better search results for meetings

Whether you’re in Activity, Chat, Teams, or Calendar, you can search for meetings in the search bar at the top of the app. Search phrases like “next meeting, “strategy meeting”, etc. and a list of results will show.

Join breakout rooms from your phone

The meeting organizer will set up the breakout rooms from the Teams desktop app. You may be moved into your assigned breakout room as soon as the organizer opens the room. Otherwise, you’ll receive an invitation to join the room. Learn more at Join a breakout room in a Teams meeting.

Teams sticks to your device’s theme

Whether you choose the brightness of Light mode or the moodiness of Dark mode, Teams now defaults your app’s theme to the one you’ve chosen for your device. To change the app theme, tap on your profile picture > Settings > Appearance.

Incoming calls from any Teams account

You can now receive phone calls from any Teams account you’re signed into in the mobile app, regardless of which account you’re active in.

New status

Set your Teams status to Offline and be invisible while working in Teams. You’ll still get your regular notifications, but everyone else will see you as offline. To set your status, tap your profile picture. Your status is directly under your name and will say something like Available, Busy, etc. Tap your status, then choose Offline.

New notification settings

Notification settings got a makeover and with the new look come a few more ways to control when and for what you get notified. You now have the ability to block notifications while in meetings and allow specific notifications to come through during scheduled quiet times. We’ve also made it easier to manage channel notifications from one place.

To access notifications, go to the top of the app and tap your profile picture > Notifications.

Start a meeting instantly

You can now start a meeting instantly from a chat or channel. Look for Meet now at the top right corner of the app. From chat, you’ll start a meeting with everyone in the chat. From a channel, you’ll start a meeting that any channel member can join.

Swipe left to remove an account

To view the list of accounts added to your mobile app, go to the top of the app and tap your profile picture. From there, swipe left on an account to delete any cached info and remove it from your list of accounts.

Protect sensitive information

You can now hide previews on notifications with the help of the Intune app.

Search the way you talk

Natural language support in search lets you look for messages, files, and more with phrases like “message from Daniela about marketing”.

Get help with spelling

Teams now offers spelling suggestions for search terms that might be spelled incorrectly.

Know who called

Now, instead of a phone number, voicemails will show the caller’s name with new caller ID.

Share the spotlight

Now, when organizers spotlight a person’s video via the desktop app, mobile attendees will now be able to view the video from their devices.

Always see your call controls

When in a meeting or call you will now always be able to see your call controls (mute, hang up, etc.) on your screen.

Cortana voice assistance now available in Teams (US only)

Stay connected even when your hands are full. Tap the mic and use your voice to send messages, make calls, join meetings, share files, and more. Currently, available in the United States and will roll out to other markets in the future.

Learn more at Using Cortana voice assistance in Teams

Agenda view is free

If you’re using the free version of Teams, your daily agenda is now at hand. View the day’s upcoming events and join, edit, or share them with your contacts.

More faces in meetings

Get more people’s video showing in calls and meeting with the newly increased video view. Get 2×4 videos on iPhone and 3×3 on iPad.

Reduce data use in Teams

Reduce the amount of data used in meetings and calls. Go to Settings > Data and storage > Reduce data usage.

Pick a number

Choose which number to dial for any org contacts with more than one phone number.

Sign in once and you’re good to go

If you’re signed in to Teams, you’ll be automatically signed in to any bots or tools you’ve added to Teams that also use your org credentials for log in.

Meetings available in free version of Teams

Free meetings are here! Send meeting invites via a share link. People don’t need a Teams account to attend.

Search chats and channels

Get results for both chat messages and channel posts. Tap    and type a search term. Press Enter to get a list of results.

Manage your Safe key

Now, you can choose to have Microsoft manage your Safe key for you. Change this preference in Settings.

Calling shortcut

Long-press the Teams app for a shortcut to make a Teams call.

On-demand translation

Translate messages to your preferred language on the fly. Tap    on a message to translate messages on the fly.

Teams for your work, Teams for your life

Keep in touch with friends and family and try out Teams for your personal life, now in preview.

• Make your first group with your family
• Use task lists and shared calendars to keep track of important items and events
• Let your loved ones know where you are with shared locations
• Securely store and share sensitive information in Safe

Stay connected with your Skype contacts

You’re now able to call and message contacts that use Skype from your Teams work account.

More privacy in meetings

People outside your company won’t see phone numbers of those dialing into the meeting from a phone.

Raise your hand

Raise a virtual hand during a meeting to let others know you have something to say.

Tags are here!

Create tags and assign people to them so you can @mention a group, role, department, etc. Team owners, try it out for yourselves. Go to a team, tap    > Manage tags. Once a tag exists, team members can start a group chat with them by going to Chat > New chat    and type the name of the tag in the To: field. Learn more at Using tags in Teams.

Caption this

Turn on live captions during a meeting or group call to read what everyone is saying. To access while in a meeting, tap   > Turn on live captions.

View content shared in a meeting

Now if you dial into a meeting from your mobile phone, you get to view what content (like PowerPoint) is being shared. Once someone starts presenting you’ll get a notification. Tap on the notification and you’ll be shown the content.

Opt out of call queues

If you’re a part of a call queue and want to opt out of receiving those calls on your mobile device, we’ve got you covered. Go to Menu    > Settings    > Calling and at the bottom you can toggle them off.

We’ve also made improvements to notification and meeting reliability.

Present in a Teams meeting from your phone

Tap   > Share > Share PowerPoint or choose from the other media options.

Reorder apps and personalize your bottom bar

Swipe up from the bottom of the app > Reorder > Drag items into the order you want.

Set quiet hours to mute notifications

At the top left of the app, tap   > Notifications > Quiet hours > Toggle Daily quiet hours on.

February 6, 2020

Swap views and pin them

Switch between content (like a PowerPoint presentation) and participant videos during a Teams meeting. Or pin a specific person’s video so that you can always see them, even if they’re not actively talking.

Tap the active speaker tile in the bottom right corner of your screen to minimize the content and bring participant videos in focus. To pin someone’s video, tap the three dots on their tile, then select Pin.

Say no to echo

Whenever you join a meeting on your phone while in a room that’s joined to the same meeting, Teams will automatically mute your mic and speaker to prevent an echo.

November 20, 2019

• Classify and protect your data by assigning sensitivity labels to your teams
• E911 is available for Calling Plans, Direct Routing, and Security Desks
• Meeting chats are muted by default until you participate in them
• Choose what participants can do in a meeting by assigning them roles

October 8, 2019

• Pin your favorite channels
• See pinned channels and recent chats in a single list. Enable this under Settings > Messaging.
• Voicemail support
• Add tabs in your 1:1 and group chats

September 30, 2019

• Quote and reply to a specific message in a chat.
• Switch between multiple Teams accounts.
• Block unwanted callers.
• Turn off all incoming call notifications.
• Education: Support for grading assignments.

July 29, 2019

• React to messages with emojis to express love, surprise, and more.
• Improved search experience shows all result types in a single view.
• View announcement posts in channels.
• Choose whether or not your private team should be discoverable in search results.
• Improvements to @mention suggestions.
• Accessibility: VoiceOver and rotor experience improvements

June 15, 2019

• Choose an alert sound for your Teams notifications. Just tap    in the top left of the app, >    Settings,  then    Notifications, and pick your sound.
• Messaging extensions are now on mobile.
• Use VoiceOver rotor to access links and mentions in messages.
• Turn off your speakers completely during a meeting or call.
• Send a message with an attachment before it’s fully uploaded.

May 16, 2019

• Share your screen during a meeting without navigating to settings (iOS 12 only).
• Find and add a nearby room when you’re in a meeting. Just tap on  > Add room, then choose the room you want.
• Add channel meetings to your calendar.
• Remove a participant from chat.

April 16, 2019

• We have a shiny new app icon.
• You can use Microsoft Whiteboard on your mobile device during Teams meetings.
• Trending messages will now show up in your activity feed.
• Praise is a new way to encourage each other at work. Send in a chat or channel to show your appreciation for coworkers. To find Praise, tap on the More options  icon below where you type messages.
• We added support for new languages: Hindi, Filipino, Bangla, and Telugu

March 13, 2019

• Dark theme is here! It’s stylish, easy on the eyes, and it might even improve your device’s battery life. Go to general settings to turn it on.

• Now you can send audio messages in your Teams conversations. Tap and hold the mic button to start recording. You can preview your audio clips before sharing them with others.
• Improved support for iPhone XS Max and XR devices.
• Set your audio, video, or phone preferences before joining a meeting.
• Now you can access all of your channel tabs on your mobile devices.
• Add a note when you respond to a meeting invite.

January 15, 2019

• You now have the ability to start and stop meeting recordings using the mobile app.
• With call parking, you can put a call on hold and pick it up on another device (requires Phone System license).
• Make calls on behalf of your boss (requires Phone System license).
• Use the mobile app to schedule channel meetings.
• Join a team with a code.

November 20, 2018

• Search for files across all channels.
• Join a team via a link.
• Participate in Yammer discussions during live events.

October 8, 2018

• Turn off push notifications for specified times.
• Play meeting recordings in the app.
• Schedule personal events.
• See who’s speaking in the call roster.
• View your org chart.
• Teams is now available in Serbian Latin and Latvian.

September 14, 2018

• Crop and annotate images before sending.
• Start a new 1:1 or group call from the Calls tab.
• Consult with the recipient before transferring a call.
• Leave or mute a meeting chat using the new meeting details page.
• Participate in Q&A during live events.
• Support for rich link previews.

August 13, 2018

• Browse, search, and join teams.
• Watch live events broadcast through Microsoft Stream.
• Collaborate on a whiteboard with meeting attendees.
• View meeting notes for channel meetings.

July 11, 2018

• The mobile app now lets you copy a channel’s email address to forward emails directly to channels.
• Attend a live event from your mobile device.
• Share a PowerPoint file during a call or meeting.
• Share videos from your device’s photo gallery in chat and channel messages.
• View meeting notes on your mobile device.
• Call queue and auto attendant support.
• 1:1 to group call escalation with Teams and PSTN participants (requires Phone System license).
• Forward incoming calls to your call group.
• Transfer a call immediately, or consult with the recipient over chat first.

June 19, 2018

• Share photos while on a call or in a meeting.
• Share a video while on a call or in a meeting.
• Share your screen during a call or meeting.
• Use companion mode to share additional content from your phone in a meeting.

Expand and collapse system alerts in meetings

System messages from Teams are now grouped together at the top of the meeting window. Expand the notifications to preview all the messages, and then collapse and clear all notifications with one tap.

Sign in with a code

Can’t remember your password? No worries. Set up a secondary email or phone number for your free Teams accounts and you’ll be able to sign in using a short code. New phone number accounts can even create an account without a password.

Chat with any phone number or email

Chat with anyone using just their email address or phone number even if they’re not using Teams. Simply start a new chat and where you’d add a person’s name, type their number or email instead. Then you can send the message like you normally would.

Share live components in messages with Loops

With live components, you’re now able to send a message that everyone in your chat can edit inline—and see changes instantly. It’s a new way to ideate, create, and make decisions together while holding fewer meetings and minimizing the need for long chat threads. Learn more at Send a Loop component in Teams chat

Find the right emoji

Express yourself in the perfect way! You can now search for the exact emoji you’re looking for. Tap    in the box where you type your message, and you’ll find a search box where you can search for emoji by names and description.

Give them the spotlight

You can now spotlight up to seven people in a meeting from your phone or tablet. From the participants list or from the videos on screen, long press on the name or video of a person and tap Spotlight (or Add spotlight if someone has already been added).

Use Immersive Reader

Hear your messages read aloud. To learn more, see Use Immersive Reader in Microsoft Teams.

Join webinars

Attendees can now join webinars from a phone or tablet.

They’re all online

All meetings (even appointments) are now automatically online meetings so you can quickly share a link with someone.

Speed dial now available

In Calls, you can now toggle between Speed dial and call History.

Access pinned chats

At the top of your chat list on your phone or iPad, you’ll find all of your pinned chats from desktop. Scroll left and right to view all of them, or tap and hold a chat to unpin or change the order of your pinned chats.

Bigger, better world of emoji

Express yourself in Teams with a wider range of diversity and representation. The emoji set in Teams has grown from 85 to over 800 emoji, including new categories and different skin tones for specific emoji.

Set the scene with your own background

You can now change your background in calls or meetings. Either choose from a list of Teams images or upload your own. For more details, see Change your background for a Teams meeting.

Join a full meeting

When a meeting reaches max capacity, you can still join as a view-only attendee.

Invite distribution lists and Modern Groups

When scheduling a Teams meeting, type the name of a distribution list or a Modern Group to add all the members to the meeting.

Say it with emojis

Live reactions are now available in Teams meetings when you join from your phone or tablet. Learn more about sending animated reactions including Like (thumbs up), Love (heart), Applause, and Laugh in meetings at Express yourself in Teams meetings with live reactions.

You’re free to roam

Thanks to picture-in-picture (PiP) it’s now possible to move around the Teams app while watching live events from your phone or tablet. 

Cyber meetups with friends and family

Teams for your personal life now lets you schedule and join events with individuals or a group. Learn more about meetings in Teams for your personal life.

Forward meetings

If you’re not the meeting organizer, you can still forward a meeting invite to someone. Simply open the meeting and tap Details. Under the list of participants, you’ll find Forward meeting. Then, type the name or email address of the recipient and tap Done. 

Meeting options are in the details

Now, you can control your Meeting options (who can bypass the lobby, attendee mic control, etc.) from the details tab of a meeting. You’ll need to open the meeting, then tap the Details tab. Immediately below the Participants section you’ll find   Meeting options.

Better search results for meetings

Whether you’re in Activity, Chat, Teams, or Calendar, you can search for meetings in the search bar at the top of the app. Search phrases like “next meeting, “strategy meeting”, etc. and a list of results will show.

Join breakout rooms from your phone

The meeting organizer will set up the breakout rooms from the Teams desktop app. You may be moved into your assigned breakout room as soon as the organizer opens the room. Otherwise, you’ll receive an invitation to join the room. Learn more at Join a breakout room in a Teams meeting.

Incoming calls from any Teams account

You can now receive phone calls from any Teams account you’re signed into in the mobile app, regardless of which account you’re active in. 

New status

Set your Teams status to Offline and be invisible while working in Teams. You’ll still get your regular notifications, but everyone else will see you as offline. To set your status, tap your profile picture. Your status is directly under your name and will say something like Available, Busy, etc. Tap your status, then choose Offline.

New notification settings

Notification settings got a makeover and with the new look come a few more ways to control when and for what you get notified. You now have the ability to block notifications while in meetings and allow specific notifications to come through during scheduled quiet times. We’ve also made it easier to manage channel notifications from one place.

To access notifications, go to the top of the app and tap your profile picture > Notifications.

Start a meeting instantly

You can now start a meeting instantly from a chat or channel. Look for Meet now at the top right corner of the app. From chat, you’ll start a meeting with everyone in the chat. From a channel, you’ll start a meeting that any channel member can join.

Protect sensitive information

You can now hide previews on notifications with the help of the Intune app.

Search the way you talk

Natural language support in search lets you look for messages, files, and more with phrases like “message from Daniela about marketing”.

Spelling suggestions in search

Teams now offers spelling suggestions for search terms that might be spelled incorrectly.

Know who called

Now, instead of a phone number, voicemails will show the caller’s name with new caller ID.

Get the Picture in Picture extension

Use the PiP extension to have video in Teams meetings and calls.

All together now

View up to 49 meeting participants with Together mode and Large gallery mode.

Share the spotlight

Now, when organizers spotlight a person’s video via the desktop app, mobile attendees will now be able to view the video from their devices.

Cortana voice assistance now available in Teams (US only)

Stay connected even when your hands are full. Tap the mic and use your voice to send messages, make calls, join meetings, share files, and more. Currently, available in the United States and will roll out to other markets in the future.

Learn more at Using Cortana voice assistance in Teams

Agenda view is free

If you’re using the free version of Teams, your daily agenda is now at hand. View the day’s upcoming events and join, edit, or share them with your contacts. 

More faces in meetings

Get more people’s video showing in calls and meeting with the newly increased video view. Get 2×4 videos on iPhone and 3×3 on iPad.

Reduce data use in Teams

Reduce the amount of data used in meetings and calls. Go to Settings > Data and storage > Reduce data usage.  

Pick a number

Choose which number to dial for any org contacts with more than one phone number.

Sign in once and you’re good to go

If you’re signed in to Teams, you’ll be automatically signed in to any bots or tools you’ve added to Teams that also use your org credentials for log in.

Call your phone contacts

Use Teams to call people in your Android contacts app. Go to Calls and tap the phonebook at the top of the app to access your device contacts.

Meetings available in free version of Teams

Free meetings are here! Send meeting invites via a share link. People don’t need a Teams account to attend. 

Search chats and channels

Get results for both chat messages and channel posts. Tap    and type a search term. Press Enter to get a list of results.

Teams for your work, Teams for your life

Keep in touch with friends and family and try out Teams for your personal life, now in preview.

• Make your first group with your family

• Use task lists and shared calendars to keep track of important items and events

• Let your loved ones know where you are with shared locations

• Securely store and share sensitive information in Safe

Stay connected with your Skype contacts

You’re now able to call and message contacts that use Skype from your Teams work account.

More privacy in meetings

People outside your company won’t see phone numbers of those dialing into the meeting from a phone.

Raise your hand 

Raise a virtual hand during a meeting to let others know you have something to say.

Walkie Talkie for work (preview)

Push-to-talk communication with Walkie Talkie.