Enhancements in Microsoft Teams: Multi-stream Features and Teams Phone Updates

Microsoft Teams is introducing exciting multi-stream capabilities that enhance user experience during meetings by supporting panoramic views of the room and featuring individual streams for active and last speakers. This development allows for a better context of the meeting environment. Additionally, the latest updates for Teams Phones include explicit recording consent, which mandates participants to opt-in before being recorded, ensuring privacy compliance. Various other features have been rolled out, including a new people app for improved contact management and call history. However, Microsoft is deprecating an essential chat notification service that affects older Android clients, meaning unsupported devices running outdated operating systems (Android 8.1 and 9) will cease to function as of September 30. Teams admins need to assess their devices to ensure compliance before this deadline.