What is new in Microsoft Teams Free for July 2025

We’ve been busy making Teams Free more accessible, secure, and flexible—so you can stay connected with confidence. Here’s a quick look at the latest updates that make your meetings smoother and your experience safer.

A sleeker minimized meeting window​

Stay focused while multitasking. The minimized meeting window now has a cleaner, more compact layout so you can manage mute, camera, sharing, and participants without leaving your work.

Why it matters:

• Keep meetings visible while taking notes or checking files
• Quick access to essential controls

Real‑Time Text (RTT) in Teams Free meetings​

RTT lets text appear character‑by‑character as it’s typed, making conversations faster and more inclusive—especially for participants who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have speech disabilities.

Why it matters:

• Improves accessibility and inclusivity
• Helps in low‑bandwidth scenarios

Report a suspicious chat request​

If a chat request looks off, you can now report it directly from the invite. This helps keep Teams safer for everyone. Learn more

Why it matters:

• Simple reporting
• Reduces spam and unwanted contact

Control who can chat or call you​

New privacy settings let you decide who can start a chat or call with you. Fine‑tune your reachability for more control and fewer interruptions. Learn more

Why it matters:

• Reduce unwanted contact
• Balance openness with privacy

You share, we listen.​

We are always grateful to receive your feedback and suggestions to make Teams better.

• Report bugs and glitches by sending us relevant feedback using the in-app form. Please include diagnostic logs and screenshots to help us to investigate your issue. Learn more how to send feedback or suggest a feature in Teams Free
• If you have suggestions for new features or changes to the existing ones, you can vote and submit ideas on Microsoft Teams Free Feedback Portal.