Teams Shows Phantom Notification Badges With No Actual New Activity
Users report Microsoft Teams repeatedly flags unread notifications or activity that disappear or show nothing when the app is opened, alongside video call quality they describe as substandard. The false-positive alerts train users to distrust the notification badge entirely.
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