How to join view all breakout rooms and join via Android and Apple

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How to join view all breakout rooms and join via Android and Apple

Maxine Gerardo 0

I am only able to join a breakout room from my phone when someone writes something in the chat and I click in and join. Is there a way to see all rooms and join whichever room? All team members are set to have access to freely go in and out of all rooms.

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Demi-N 15,140 Microsoft External Staff Moderator

Hello @Maxine Gerardo,

Thank you for your question.

Please allow me some time to set up a test environment on my side. I’ll get back to you within 24 hours with an update.

In the meantime, could you please share a screenshot of the UI you’re seeing on your end? Kindly make sure to mask or remove any personal or sensitive information (PII) before sending it.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Kind regards,

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Demi-N 15,140 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-03-20T13:52:53.88+00:00

Hi @Maxine Gerardo,

Thank you for your patience while I tested this scenario.

After setting up a test environment on my side, I was able to observe the same behavior you described. Based on this testing and the current Microsoft documentation, this behavior is by design. At the moment, the ability for participants to view all breakout rooms and freely choose which room to join is only fully supported in the Microsoft Teams desktop app.

On mobile devices (Android and iOS), participants can join breakout rooms only when they are assigned by the organizer or when they receive a direct join prompt or link. Viewing a full list of breakout rooms and selecting one directly is not currently supported on mobile.

For reference, you can review this behavior in the official Microsoft documentation here: Create and manage breakout rooms during class meetings - Microsoft Support

If you feel this functionality would be valuable on mobile devices, I recommend submitting your suggestion through the Microsoft Teams Feedback Portal. The Product Team actively monitors this site, and many features have been added or improved based on customer feedback.

After submitting your request, you’re welcome to return here and paste the feedback link into this thread. That way, other users who visit this discussion can click the link and upvote your request, helping to bring more visibility to it.

Thank you again for sharing your feedback and helping improve Microsoft Teams.

Kind regards,
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Maxine Gerardo 0 Reputation points

2026-03-20T14:32:22.65+00:00

There are 5 break out rooms but I can only get into those two from my phone because they chatted and I saw a pop up.
Demi-N 15,140 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-03-20T14:41:49.4866667+00:00

Hi @Maxine Gerardo,

May I ask whether your colleagues experience the same issue when using their mobile devices, or does this seem to be affecting only your account?

This will help us better understand whether the behavior is user‑specific or more widespread.

Thank you for your help.

Answer 2

On mobile (Android and iOS), participants can join breakout rooms they are assigned to or are invited to, but they cannot see a full list of all breakout rooms and freely jump between them the way organizers can on the desktop client.

On phones:

When the organizer opens the breakout room assigned to a participant, that participant is either moved automatically or gets a Join / Join room notification to tap.
Each breakout room has its own chat, which can be opened from Chat once in that room.
Participants can return to the main meeting if the organizer has enabled that option, then be moved or reassigned by the organizer.

The ability to browse all rooms and self-select between them is supported for participants on supported desktop clients; on mobile, participants rely on the organizer’s assignments and join prompts rather than a full room list UI.

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