05/23/2026
If you spend a big chunk of your week inside Microsoft Teams, small changes can make a surprisingly big difference.
There are a few new features on the way that are worth knowing about, especially if meetings and collaboration are part of your daily routine.
Let’s start with the one I think many people will love 💛
You’ll soon be able to hide the entire meeting control toolbar.
You know the bar at the top or bottom of a Teams meeting with mute, camera, share screen, leave, and so on?
That can now be completely hidden, giving you more screen space during meetings.
If you’re presenting, reviewing a spreadsheet, or looking at detailed content, that extra space matters. It feels cleaner and less cluttered.
And this isn’t just a one-time setting. If you choose to hide it, that preference sticks across meetings.
Worried you’ll lose control?
You won’t.
You can bring the toolbar back instantly by hovering your mouse or pressing the Tab key.
Keyboard shortcuts for things like mute still work whether the bar is visible or not.
It’s a small tweak, but it makes Teams feel less intrusive and more focused.
There’s also an upgrade coming to the image viewer 🔎
If someone shares multiple images in a chat, you’ll be able to scroll through all of them in one place.
Even better, the viewer will show the original message header so you can jump straight back to where that image was posted.
If you’ve ever scrolled endlessly trying to find that screenshot from last week, this will help 📸
Another subtle improvement: Your recently used emojis will sync across Windows and mobile.
It sounds minor, but if you use the same handful of emojis regularly (and most of us do), not having to re-find them saves time and friction 🤩
For those who share code snippets in Teams, there are also improvements to code blocks.
Better keyboard navigation, line numbers, and the ability to set the code language more easily.
That makes technical collaboration smoother and reduces confusion when discussing specific lines.
When tools get slightly easier to use every day, productivity improves without anyone noticing why.
❓ If you and your people live in Teams, which would you value more, cleaner meetings, faster navigation, or smarter collaboration features?