How to enable microphone icon on my Azure bot on MS Teams Mobile App

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How to enable microphone icon on my Azure bot on MS Teams Mobile App

Kevin John 15

Hi I am trying to get speech input from users in my Azure Bot.

following the documentation, I have added devicePermission media to my Azure Bot manifest and uploaded it to teams. This has enabled the camera icon but the microphone icon is still disabled/not visible.

PFA screenshots

without media permissions - without_media

with media permission - with_media

Please let me know if I am missing anything. It is a client requirement to be able to send speech messages to the Azure Bot

Kevin John 15 Reputation points

2023-09-11T14:43:34.62+00:00

I mentioned it in the title but not in the body, but I need this feature in the Microsoft Teams mobile app
Alain Milliet 5 Reputation points

2024-05-22T18:20:45.0466667+00:00
Hi @Prasad-MSFT , would you have an update to share on this question?

We are looking for a way to let our users record an audio file directly in the conversation with our bot and send it to it.
Only the camera icon is showing with the following entry added to the manifest.

"devicePermissions": ["media"]

Thanks in advance!

Regards.

Alain
Cristian Dragos Fedotov 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2024-08-05T18:39:41.77+00:00

I have the exact same problem with a bot in Teams. I have added all the devicePermissions and the microphone icon is still not showing in the chat conversation with the bot. Any updates on this? Thanks in advance.
Erbold Enkhbold (IST-SPECIALIZED) 0 Reputation points

2024-08-19T06:25:30.12+00:00

Same here, even camera icon is still not showing up
Marcos Antonio Machado De Barros Junior 0 Reputation points

2024-09-10T16:42:51.58+00:00

We created an application in Teams that is connected to Azure Bot and this application does not enable the microphone. We carried out several tests and were unsuccessful. When enabling media in the manifest document, the camera appears, but the microphone does not appear.

Here are some images of what I'm talking about:
Marcos Antonio Machado De Barros Junior 0 Reputation points

2024-09-10T18:02:08.56+00:00

@Prasad-MSFT are you any solution for this problem?
Prasad-MSFT 8,981 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2024-09-11T09:52:57.66+00:00

Apologies. Currently there is no update to share. We are following up with engineering team about this issue. We will update this thread once we hear from them. Thanks!
Kennedy Reis 10 Reputation points

2024-09-23T12:50:03.01+00:00

Has anyone solved the microphone issue on the bot?
Prasad-MSFT 8,981 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2024-11-19T11:37:14.6466667+00:00

Alain Milliet, according to latest update from engineering team, the media capabilities mentioned here are valid only for Tabs. We don't show microphone in Bots chat because it is not supported yet. This is new feature request for bots.

To better achieve your requirements, we recommend submitting this feature request through the Teams Feedback Portal. This is the best way to ensure your idea is considered for future updates.
Prasad-MSFT 8,981 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2024-11-19T11:37:41.18+00:00

Kennedy Reis, according to latest update from engineering team, the media capabilities mentioned here are valid only for Tabs. We don't show microphone in Bots chat because it is not supported yet. This is new feature request for bots.

To better achieve your requirements, we recommend submitting this feature request through the Teams Feedback Portal. This is the best way to ensure your idea is considered for future updates.
Prasad-MSFT 8,981 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2024-11-19T11:38:54+00:00

Cristian Dragos Fedotov, according to latest update from engineering team, the media capabilities mentioned here are valid only for Tabs. We don't show microphone in Bots chat because it is not supported yet. This is new feature request for bots.

To better achieve your requirements, we recommend submitting this feature request through the Teams Feedback Portal. This is the best way to ensure your idea is considered for future updates.
Prasad-MSFT 8,981 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2024-11-19T11:39:20.92+00:00

Marcos Antonio Machado De Barros Junior, according to latest update from engineering team, the media capabilities mentioned here are valid only for Tabs. We don't show microphone in Bots chat because it is not supported yet. This is new feature request for bots.

To better achieve your requirements, we recommend submitting this feature request through the Teams Feedback Portal. This is the best way to ensure your idea is considered for future updates.
VSR 0 Reputation points

2025-06-17T13:02:40.8533333+00:00

My team also requires this feature. I raised an issue on the Feedback portal: https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/d56032ff-7a4b-f011-a2da-7c1e52e6fdbb

Please upvote to increase visibility.

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Kevin John 15 Reputation points

2023-09-11T14:43:34.62+00:00

I mentioned it in the title but not in the body, but I need this feature in the Microsoft Teams mobile app
Alain Milliet 5 Reputation points

2024-05-22T18:20:45.0466667+00:00

Hi @Prasad-MSFT , would you have an update to share on this question?

We are looking for a way to let our users record an audio file directly in the conversation with our bot and send it to it.
Only the camera icon is showing with the following entry added to the manifest.

"devicePermissions": ["media"]

Thanks in advance!

Regards.

Alain
Cristian Dragos Fedotov 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2024-08-05T18:39:41.77+00:00

I have the exact same problem with a bot in Teams. I have added all the devicePermissions and the microphone icon is still not showing in the chat conversation with the bot. Any updates on this? Thanks in advance.
Erbold Enkhbold (IST-SPECIALIZED) 0 Reputation points

2024-08-19T06:25:30.12+00:00

Same here, even camera icon is still not showing up
Marcos Antonio Machado De Barros Junior 0 Reputation points

2024-09-10T16:42:51.58+00:00

We created an application in Teams that is connected to Azure Bot and this application does not enable the microphone. We carried out several tests and were unsuccessful. When enabling media in the manifest document, the camera appears, but the microphone does not appear.

Here are some images of what I'm talking about:
Marcos Antonio Machado De Barros Junior 0 Reputation points

2024-09-10T18:02:08.56+00:00

@Prasad-MSFT are you any solution for this problem?
Prasad-MSFT 8,981 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2024-09-11T09:52:57.66+00:00

Apologies. Currently there is no update to share. We are following up with engineering team about this issue. We will update this thread once we hear from them. Thanks!
Kennedy Reis 10 Reputation points

2024-09-23T12:50:03.01+00:00

Has anyone solved the microphone issue on the bot?
Prasad-MSFT 8,981 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2024-11-19T11:37:14.6466667+00:00

Alain Milliet, according to latest update from engineering team, the media capabilities mentioned here are valid only for Tabs. We don't show microphone in Bots chat because it is not supported yet. This is new feature request for bots.

To better achieve your requirements, we recommend submitting this feature request through the Teams Feedback Portal. This is the best way to ensure your idea is considered for future updates.
Prasad-MSFT 8,981 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2024-11-19T11:37:41.18+00:00

Kennedy Reis, according to latest update from engineering team, the media capabilities mentioned here are valid only for Tabs. We don't show microphone in Bots chat because it is not supported yet. This is new feature request for bots.

To better achieve your requirements, we recommend submitting this feature request through the Teams Feedback Portal. This is the best way to ensure your idea is considered for future updates.
Prasad-MSFT 8,981 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2024-11-19T11:38:54+00:00

Cristian Dragos Fedotov, according to latest update from engineering team, the media capabilities mentioned here are valid only for Tabs. We don't show microphone in Bots chat because it is not supported yet. This is new feature request for bots.

To better achieve your requirements, we recommend submitting this feature request through the Teams Feedback Portal. This is the best way to ensure your idea is considered for future updates.
Prasad-MSFT 8,981 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2024-11-19T11:39:20.92+00:00

Marcos Antonio Machado De Barros Junior, according to latest update from engineering team, the media capabilities mentioned here are valid only for Tabs. We don't show microphone in Bots chat because it is not supported yet. This is new feature request for bots.

To better achieve your requirements, we recommend submitting this feature request through the Teams Feedback Portal. This is the best way to ensure your idea is considered for future updates.
VSR 0 Reputation points

2025-06-17T13:02:40.8533333+00:00

My team also requires this feature. I raised an issue on the Feedback portal: https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/d56032ff-7a4b-f011-a2da-7c1e52e6fdbb

Please upvote to increase visibility.

Answer 1

Prasad-MSFT 8,981 Microsoft External Staff Moderator

To enable the microphone icon and allow users to provide speech input, you need to add the media device permission to your app manifest.

"devicePermissions": [
  "media"
],

As you have already done this as mentioned above and the microphone icon is still disabled or not visible after updating the app manifest, there could be a few reasons for this:

1.Browser limitations: The microphone icon may be disabled or not visible due to browser limitations. Make sure you are using a supported browser for Teams, such as Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome.

2.User permissions: Users may need to manually grant microphone access permissions in their browser settings. In some cases, users may need to explicitly allow microphone access for Teams.

As you are using mobile devices, you can manage device permissions in Teams settings by selecting Allow or Deny permissions to specific apps.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/concepts/device-capabilities/native-device-permissions?tabs=mobile%2Cteamsjs-v2%2Cmobile1#manage-permissions

You can also refer this below sample to check the functionality:
https://github.com/OfficeDev/Microsoft-Teams-Samples/tree/main/samples/tab-device-permissions/nodejs

If you are still having any issue, do let us know so that we can investigate further.

Thanks,

Prasad Das

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Kevin John 15

Hi Prasad,

Thanks for the quick reply.
I am trying to use the microphone from the mobile app, so the first 2 points are not relevant for my issue. In regards to allowing permissions for the Microsoft Teams Application on the mobile device, I have given it the same permission as the camera, as shown in the image

WhatsApp Image 2023-09-12 at 1.53.26 PM

I am also able to use the microphone for personal chats with other users in my organization.
WhatsApp Image 2023-09-12 at 1.53.26 PM(1)

Its only having issues with the Azure Bot.

I have also gone through the permission policies in the Microsoft Teams Admin portal and there are no custom permissions other than the global org-wide default policy which allows all apps.

Any idea how I could investigate this issue further?

This is my manifest JSON. Can you add this to your Teams and check if you are able to reproduce the issue?

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/json-schemas/teams/v1.5/MicrosoftTeams.schema.json",
  "manifestVersion": "1.5",
  "version": "1.0",
  "id": "bc25efc5-5b5b-4a97-8bbe-7d711cf44c5e",
  "packageName": "com.microsoft.teams.auth",
  "developer": {
    "name": "AutomationEdge",
    "websiteUrl": "https://automationedge.com/",
    "privacyUrl": "https://www.teams.com/privacy",
    "termsOfUseUrl": "https://www.teams.com/termsofuse"
  },
  "name": {
    "short": "AE-OAuth-Test-Bot",
    "full": "AE-OAuth-Test-Bot with OAuth"
  },
  "description": {
    "short": "AE-OAuth-Test-Bot for testing OAuth",
    "full": "AE-OAuth-Test-Bot for testing OAuth"
  },
  "icons": {
    "outline": "Untitled1.png",
    "color": "Untitled.png"
  },
  "accentColor": "#FFFFFF",
  "bots": [
    {
      "botId": "bc25efc5-5b5b-4a97-8bbe-7d711cf44c5e",
      "scopes": [
        "personal"
      ],
      "supportsFiles": true,
      "commandLists": [
        {
          "scopes": [
            "personal",
            "groupChat"
          ],
          "commands": [
            {
              "title": "Book Conference Room",
              "description": "Helps user book a conference room"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "devicePermissions": [
    "media"
  ],
  "validDomains": [
    "token.botframework.com",
    "*.azurewebsites.net",
    "*.botframework.com"
  ]
}

Prasad-MSFT 8,981 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2023-09-13T14:10:27.1533333+00:00

Kevin John, we tried using the manifest provided and are able to repro this issue. Camera icon is getting enabled; however, microphone icon is not visible in mobile devices.

We have raised a bug for the same. We will inform you once we get any further update from engineering team.

Thanks,

Prasad Das

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If the response is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and upvote it. You can share your feedback via Microsoft Teams Developer Feedback link.
Kevin John 15 Reputation points

2023-09-20T09:33:52.8933333+00:00

@Prasad-MSFT Thanks for raising the bug.

Is there anyway I can track the bug? It would be great if you can share the link of the issue raised on GitHub or the same for the alternative, to track the status of the bug.

Is there a timeline on when we can expect this bug to get fixed?

Thanks and Regards,

Kevin
Kevin John 15 Reputation points

2023-09-22T05:36:07.1566667+00:00

Hi @Prasad-MSFT I think replies to older comments don't send out notifications. Re-iterating my previous reply

Thanks a lot for the quick response and for raising the bug. Is there anyway I can track the bug? It would be great if you can share the link of the issue raised on GitHub or the same for the alternative, to track the status of the bug.

Is there a timeline on when we can expect this bug to get fixed?

Marking your previous comment as accepted since I cannot mark replies to comments as accepted answer.

Thanks and Regards,

Kevin
David Sola 5 Reputation points

2023-12-20T13:19:43.8433333+00:00

Hi @Prasad-MSFT
Do you have any updates on this issue? Our team is facing the same problem. We don't even see the camera icon on the right even though we have added the "media" attribute inside "devicePermissions" and the user has enabled it inside the app (on PC since it doesn't provide the possibility inside mobile Teams app for Android).

Regards,

David
Prasad-MSFT 8,981 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2024-11-19T11:36:27.9266667+00:00

Kevin John, David Sola, according to latest update from engineering team, the media capabilities mentioned here are valid only for Tabs. We don't show microphone in Bots chat because it is not supported yet. This is new feature request for bots.

To better achieve your requirements, we recommend submitting this feature request through the Teams Feedback Portal. This is the best way to ensure your idea is considered for future updates.
Prasad-MSFT 8,981 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2024-11-19T11:36:46.5666667+00:00

Kevin John, according to latest update from engineering team, the media capabilities mentioned here are valid only for Tabs. We don't show microphone in Bots chat because it is not supported yet. This is new feature request for bots.

To better achieve your requirements, we recommend submitting this feature request through the Teams Feedback Portal. This is the best way to ensure your idea is considered for future updates.

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