AI-Powered File Summaries Coming to Microsoft Teams Mobile Apps

Microsoft is adding AI-generated summaries to its Teams mobile apps. This new feature will provide quick, concise overviews of Word, PowerPoint, and PDF files shared in chats or channels in Microsoft Teams..

With this release, Microsoft Teams users will be able to tap the AI summary icon in the file preview of shared documents on their mobile devices. This feature will help users understand the main points without reading the entire document.

“All Word, PPT, and PDF files shared in chat and channels in the Teams mobile app will have an AI summary icon in the file chiclet,” the company explained in a message on the Microsoft 365 admin center. “With this feature, users can consume and comprehend the content without reading the entire document. Users can close the screen once the summary is consumed.”

When will Microsoft Teams mobile apps get AI-powered file summaries?

Microsoft plans to begin rolling out this feature to the Teams mobile apps in mid-January 2025. This feature will be enabled by default for all users on the Microsoft Teams app for iOS and Android. The company expects to complete the roll out process for all commercial customers by late February 2025.

In related news, Microsoft Teams is getting a new chat and channels experience that will combine private chats and channel messages in a single view. This new view will provide three filters at the top to surface unread messages, chat conversations, and channels. Microsoft Teams users will also be able to keep chats and channels in separate views.

Microsoft is also planning to add threaded conversations to its Teams collaboration platform. The company will make this feature generally available for commercial customers in mid-2025.