Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android: Recording and transcription controls (Teams Rooms Pro required)

Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android will support starting, stopping, and restarting meeting recording and transcription directly from the device with Teams Rooms Pro licensing, rolling out December 2025. Permissions are required, and some call types are unsupported. Recordings are stored in the organizer’s OneDrive or SharePoint. Microsoft is introducing the ability to start, stop, and restart meeting recording and transcription directly from Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android devices. This enhancement supports a more seamless meeting experience by removing the need for a companion device to initiate these actions. Spoken language for the meeting can also be changed during the session. This functionality is available with Teams Rooms Pro licensing. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide and GCC): We will begin rolling out in early December 2025 and expect to complete by late December 2025. General Availability (GCCH and DoD): We will begin rolling out in early January 2026 and expect to complete by the end of January 2026. How this affects your organization: Who is affected: Users joining Teams meetings from Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android devices. Organizations with Teams Rooms Pro licensing. What will happen: Users can start, stop, and restart recording and transcription directly from a Teams Rooms device running Android. To do this, they can select More on the meeting interface, then choose Record and transcribe to initiate or stop the recording and transcription. The spoken language for the meeting can be changed during the session. Previously, users needed a companion device to initiate recording or transcription. Recording and transcription are supported in meetings where a participant belongs to the same tenant as the organizer. For Meet now or Whiteboard sessions initiated from a Teams Rooms on Windows device, users must invite themselves to the meeting to access the recording file via Teams desktop or mobile app. To use the start and stop recording and transcription feature, both the meeting organizer and the room account must have permission to record and transcribe. If either party lacks the required permissions, the button to initiate or stop recording and transcription will not appear. If the meeting organizer removes […]

The post Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android: Recording and transcription controls (Teams Rooms Pro required) appeared first on M365 Admin.