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

Updated January 28, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.

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 mid-February 2026 (previously end of January) and expect to complete by early March 2026 (previously mid-February).

General Availability (GCCH and DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2026 (previously end of February) and expect to complete by early April 2026 (previously mid-March).

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 recording or transcription permissions from the room account using meeting options, the button will also be unavailable.

• Limitations - Recording and transcription are not supported in the following scenarios:
  • Peer-to-peer (P2P) calls: Direct one-on-one calls between two users.
  • Group calls: Ad-hoc calls involving multiple participants that are not scheduled meetings.
  • PSTN calls: Calls made through the Public Switched Telephone Network using Teams Calling Plans or Direct Routing.
  • External or cross-tenant meetings and calls: Meetings involving participants from outside the organizer’s tenant.
  • Third-party meetings and calls: Including Direct Guest Join and SIP-based meetings, which use the Session Initiation Protocol to connect external video conferencing systems (such as Cisco or Polycom) to Microsoft Teams. These integrations do not support native Teams recording and transcription features.

Screenshot - New recording and transcription controls in Teams Rooms on Android:

What you can do to prepare

• Ensure room accounts and meeting organizers have permissions to record and transcribe meetings.
• Communicate this change to helpdesk and support teams.
• Update internal documentation to reflect the new functionality.
• Review meeting options to confirm room account permissions are correctly configured.

Compliance considerations