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Lync 2013 Mobile: Starting, adding and switching between communication methods

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By Angela Chin, Program Manager, Lync Mobile Team

Lync’s mobile clients now have voice and video over wireless as well as IM all in one place.  You can start, add and switch been each of these communication methods easily from within your application.  Switching between conversations on Lync mobile is also quick and easy.

Starting and adding communication modes

The easiest way to start an IM, voice or video conversation is from a contact card.  You can launch a contact card from you Contacts list, conference participants lists and several other places within the app.  Once you’ve found the right contact, tap on the button that corresponds to type of conversation you’d like to have.  Audio and video calls will start right away.  To start an IM conversation, just send your first message. 

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If you already have a conversation going with someone and you’d like to add a call or IM to the conversation you can do so from the buttons in your iOS navigation bar or WP application bar.

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If someone else in the conversation has already started showing their video and you want to add your own video you can do it from your video call controls on screen.

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Controlling your call when after it’s started

After you audio or video call is started all of your call controls can be found on screen.  From these controls you can place the call on hold, turn on and off speakerphone, launch the dial pad, control your video and end the call.  If you are in a video call, your call controls will fade out after a few seconds.  Just tap the screen to bring them back.  Your mute button is always located in the top right corner, even when other call controls fade away. 

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Navigating between modalities in the same conversation

If a conversation has both IM and voice or video you can use the iOS navigation bar or WP application bar buttons to help you navigate between modes.  For example, if you’re watching the video in a call, but would like to read a new IM in the same conversation you can tap the IM button to display IMs for that conversation.  You can also move between IM and audio/video by swiping left or right on the screen. 

Quickly go back to a call

If you need to look up a contact’s information or leave the conversation window for some other reason it’s easy to quickly return to your call.  An active call indicator bar will appear at the top of your screen.  Tapping on this control will bring you straight back to your call.  On iOS this bar may be collapsed so you can see the content below it.  Tapping on the collapsed bar will also bring you back to your conversation.  You can expand it by swiping to the left on it if you just want to read the call information or mute yourself without actually navigating to the call. 

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Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    thank you

  • Anonymous
    March 22, 2013
    Will the voice/video features of the 2013 client on mobile work against a 2010 server, or will you have to have a 2013 server to take advantage of them?

  • Anonymous
    March 22, 2013
    Now if only I could get rid of the word 'Mobile' beside my status

  • Anonymous
    March 23, 2013
    Joe, the 2013 mobile client does not work against Lync 2010 server at all.

  • Anonymous
    March 25, 2013
    Any reason I can't see mobile number on the contact card in the Lync 2013 mobile clients? I have tested on both Windows Phone 8 and Apple Iphone. I can see the mobile number using Lync 2013 PC client.

  • Anonymous
    March 26, 2013
    When will the Android client be released? You really should have included that in this announcement.

  • Anonymous
    March 27, 2013
    At work, colleagues android envy those who have the iphone and windows phone 8 =) Thanks for article.

  • Anonymous
    March 31, 2013
    Nice quick recap. Does the mobile client automatically switch to cell phone provider network when WI-FI signal gets weak during a voice call?

  • Anonymous
    April 03, 2013
    Android app is now in the marketplace.  play.google.com/.../details

  • Anonymous
    April 04, 2013
    why lync2013 for android do not work on gingerbread? I have Motorola photon 4g mb855 and I am not able to install lync2013

  • Anonymous
    April 18, 2013
    is it possible to answer a call, and transfer it to another contact?

  • Anonymous
    July 03, 2013
    When in conversation through the Mobile App, if I receive a mobile call the call within Lync is automatically place on hold. Has anyone else experienced this and is this normal behaviour. Seems intrusive and NOT normal behaviour? any help would be most welcome.

  • Anonymous
    September 06, 2013
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  • Anonymous
    October 10, 2013
    Why does my status need to say 'mobile' when on my iPhone? Please remove this annoying feature!!

  • Anonymous
    January 30, 2014
    Why does my status need to say 'mobile' when on my iPhone? This is no ones business! Please remove this annoying feature!!

  • Anonymous
    August 29, 2014
    Can you not add contacts directly from the App ???

  • Anonymous
    May 29, 2015
    Why dont i get the dial pad below - to make voip calls
    using the iPhone app.

  • Anonymous
    December 04, 2015
    The comment has been removed