By Simon Batt
Publication Date: 2026-04-11 02:27:00
Summary
- Teams adds pre-join mic and speaker test so you can hear and fix audio before joining meetings.
- The rollout is slated for May 2026 as stated on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap.
- It will let you record and play back a short clip to confirm your audio quality before you speak.
It’s every social anxiety-ridden remote worker’s nightmare; you attend a town hall meeting, unmute your mic when it’s your turn to speak, and begin your well-planned-out speech. Suddenly, the chat fills up with messages about your mic being too quiet, or too loud, or perhaps it sounds like you’re underwater for some reason. Now you have to fix that before you can salvage…
