Microsoft Teams mobile ignores speaker audio selection during meetings
Teams consistently routes meeting audio to the device''s default output instead of the user-selected speaker, even when speaker mode is explicitly chosen. This forces users to hold phones to their ear rather than use speakerphone, a bug Microsoft has left unresolved for years.
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