The chat panel will open by default in gallery view, allowing participants in Teams Room on Android to quickly see ongoing meeting chat when they join. Admins can configure this default device behavior, and users can close the panel in one tap during meetings.
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Microsoft Teams: Chat panel open by default in the gallery view on Teams Rooms on Android
- General availability
- 2026-06
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- Added
- 07 May 2026
- Last modified
- 02 Sep 2026 22:56 UTC
- First archived
- 25 Aug 2026
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- General Availability
- Clouds
- Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD