By TOI Tech Desk
Publication Date: 2026-05-18 05:48:00
Microsoft has announced that it will retire the Together Mode feature in Microsoft Teams starting June 30. The move comes as the company begins to shift its focus toward a simpler and more unified meeting experience built around the Gallery view. The company shared the update through a Microsoft 365 Insider blog post, saying the change helps ‘simplify the meeting experience’, ‘reduce complexity behind the scenes’ and ‘focus our engineering investments on improvements that benefit every Teams meeting such as video quality, stability, and performance’. The software giant said that modern Gallery view can now meet the original purpose of Together Mode by displaying up to 49 participants at once during meetings.
What’s changing
As this update rolls out:
- The Together mode toggle will be removed from the meeting View menu.
- Scenes and custom scenes, including seat assignments, will be retired along with Together mode.
- Organizations that used scenes for brand presence can…
