Audio and Bluetooth:
- If you happen to have your AirPods connected to the device before you receive or join a call you might be able to hear people. Most times it takes about 4 tries of disconnecting, killing the app etc. I think this could be in part due to the way AirPods juggle connections to devices but not sure.
- If you are using AirPods successfully and it happens to come out of your ear during a call there’s a good chance Teams will crash or freeze.
- I’ve had to remove my phone from my cars Bluetooth so if I am on a call and start my car it won’t switch audio out devices and crash the app or just leave me in silence.
- Wired CarPlay seems to have this issue as well.
- Transfer or Add Device: Love the idea for this! It seemed to work ok a few months ago but lately due to some weird stuttering audio issues in the Desktop version I will need to add my phone as audio is usually better there if it works at all. It’s always a gamble and usually leads to me dropping off the call and rejoining from my phone.
- I don’t know if this is a fluke or not but I had been told that I had been called multiple times yet only received the one call.
Chat:
- Desktop version: Dragging and dropping a file into a chat thread is nearly impossible.
- Can I please just write markdown style code blocks. I don’t want to add a snippet. I don’t want to fumble around with text formatting. Just copy what other apps have already done here and make it simple. ``` text goes here ```. Even better would be adding syntax highlighting if you add the language like ```bash.
- Notifications (Desktop version) Please use the native macOS notifications. Teams notifications will get hidden by the native ones and it’s easy to miss.
- Messages flagged as Important: I’m not sure if this is by design or not but I will get repeated chimes or notifications on every device and until I view the message on most devices or some condition I’m not aware of (2 iPads, 2 MacBook pros, 1 iPhone, 1 Android phone and it’s pretty annoying)
- The UI on the message sidebar could be improved. I find it difficult to visually find any particular message thread. Also some clear visual distinction between pinned threads and everything else would be nice. Also allowing more pinned threads would be cool or some kind of custom group titles or sections in the list. Not sure but something to help break up the big list of threads would be nice.
Not trying to be a jerk. I know there’s a lot to cover and testing is probably not done with multi hour calls where you have to also run errands at the same time. Hopefully the list of issues is clear enough for QA to reproduce.
I’m not the sort to write reviews, but I have to give feedback if I think it might change something. A week or two ago, an update to the Teams app changed the order in which messages appear in a channel, so that the newest messages are at the top instead of the bottom.
Maybe this makes sense somewhere. But in the context of all other messaging apps, and in my own brain, it makes no sense. Even the desktop app shows the newest messages at the bottom, making going from one device to another inconsistent. But what annoys me most is that I cannot find any settings to change it. Productivity apps without good settings will only help the people whose brains work the same way as the designer’s.
Since this change, the only reason I still have the app installed is so I get notifications. I’ll give it five stars again if this gets fixed, but until then I’m spending more time being frustrated by a UI than getting anything done in the app.
I’ve been using teams for years for work. When it works, it’s ok. But it kills your processing speed, is super glitchy, crashes often, and is completely inconsistent/unreliable. If you get a notification while you are typing, it will switch conversations on you automatically, so your message goes to the wrong chat. Features will randomly stop working and randomly start again hours later. While you are using chat, expect to get an error every few minutes stating that you cannot submit feedback - even if you haven’t tried to submit any feedback. The phone app does NOT sync with the desktop app, no matter what you do. The status indicator auto updates and is completely inaccurate. Basically, if you are not actively typing in a chat, you are marked as away from your desk. I could go on for days. They need to fix the issues before trying to rollout any new features.
I constantly have people complaining about Teams to me, but I find it one of the better of Microsoft apps out there. Particularly useful to me is the cross platform compatibility. Teams often serves as a sort of interconnected clipboard and file transfer, between my various Mac, pc, and iOS and android devices. We use the meetings and the screen share extensively. I also like being able to reach out to some of my outside vendors directly who are also on Teams. My chief complaint is that I can’t put all of my organization contacts in one list to quickly see their availability. We use an older in-house lan-based instant messenger that usually shows me 75 users in one list, and whether they are online or not.
I only really use the chat, group, thread, and ticket aspects of this Teams app within my position as a warehouse associate, but it's nonetheless a very effective and useful tool for keeping up-to-date on companywide announcements, work requests from/collaborations with other teams that my team works with, as well as coordinating with/generating reports within my own team's group of coworkers and supervisors!
(Figuring out the ticket system took a bit of work to figure out how to enable the Team's Navi Bot, but it's so much easier to create, claim, and update tickets that way; rather than using my company's far slower website!)
When I first hopped on a call this morning I minimized the actions panel while on a call to see the content. Instead of the audio/video controls showing up, the emojis were anchored to the bottom of the screen. Then I had to swipe up to see the audio controls—covering the content being presented—and then had to mute/un-mute myself. At that point, I got a confirmation asking “allow for audio control” or something like that. ONLY THEN were the audio and video controls anchored to the bottom replacing the emojis. Why wouldn’t the audio/video controls show up by default as the anchored menu? (Like it used to.) Super annoying!
My meetings are not updating anymore on my phone
It is a great tool, very stable, amazing audio handling, but, the lack of 2 very basic features takes it from being almost perfect to “okay”. Threads for chats should be supported, they help organizing conversations rather than being a mess. Also, while on a call, I should have an indicator on whether or not my microphone is producing sound or not (as there’s an indicator for all participants but myself) this would help me identify if people on the call are able to hear me and if unwanted noise is coming out of my microphone
It is a great tool, very stable, amazing audio handling, but, the lack of 2 very basic features takes it from being almost perfect to “okay”. Threads for chats should be supported, they help organizing conversations rather than being a mess. Also, while on a call, I should have an indicator on whether or not my microphone is producing sound or not (as there’s an indicator for all participants but myself) this would help me identify if people on the call are able to hear me and if unwanted noise is coming out of my microphone
While I know that I can use my AirPods with Teams, it would be very helpful if there was compatibility with Apple’s HomePod. There are times when I run out of battery on my AirPods but still need a hands free experience.
Also, it would be very appreciated if Apple users could use Microsoft’s AI. Or/and if there was integration with the predictive intelligence of Siri.
Lastly, if AI could help bring people together or if availability was better handled, that would be a win.
The Teams app pushes through calls during your iPhone's do not disturb hours - meaning you will be woken up at night or early morning hours if someone calls you through Teams. This is unacceptable!
Teams should be honoring your ios settings and not push through notifications!!!
Their suggestion, ensure your Team's quiet hours reflect your iPhones do not disturb... NO!? Honor my phone's settings so I'm not woken up at night. Crazy. Uninstalling until this is fixed.