Audio Overview Updates

What and Why

Microsoft is rolling out new capabilities in Audio Overview to make it easier to navigate longer content, support enterprise information protection, and create audio overviews from more types of content.

Episodes

For longer and more content-rich notebooks, Audio Overview can organize the discussion into topic-based episodes. This makes it easier for users to navigate the audio and focus on different parts of the content.

Sensitivity labels when saving to OneDrive

Audio Overviews now support Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels when saved to OneDrive. If the source content includes sensitivity labels, the saved Audio Overview inherits the most restrictive label from its sources. Sensitivity labels apply to the saved file in OneDrive. Audio Overviews within the notebook are not yet sensitivity labeled.

More supported content types

Audio Overview can now understand and ground its discussion in additional types of content added to a notebook, including:

• OneNote pages
• Loop pages
• Plain text (.txt) files
• Emails
• Teams meetings
• Teams chats

Rollout Schedule

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in late October 2026 and expect to complete by late November 2026.

Impact on Your Organization

Who is affected

• Users who create and consume Audio Overviews.
• Organizations that use Audio Overview with Microsoft 365 content stored or saved in OneDrive.

Platforms/Services

• Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Audio Overview
• OneDrive
• Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels

What will happen

• Users can navigate longer Audio Overviews through topic-based episodes.
• Users can create Audio Overviews grounded in additional content types, including OneNote pages, Loop pages, .txt files, emails, Teams meetings, and Teams chats.
• Audio Overviews saved to OneDrive from labeled source content will inherit the most restrictive sensitivity label from the sources.
• This release does not introduce sensitivity labeling for Audio Overviews while they remain within the notebook.

Action Required/Recommendations

No admin action is required to prepare for this update. These Audio Overview improvements will roll out automatically to eligible users.

For sensitivity labels, when an Audio Overview is saved to OneDrive from labeled source content, the saved file will automatically inherit the most restrictive sensitivity label from its sources. No additional configuration is required as part of this feature rollout.

Compliance considerations