Stream Mobile Apps for iOS and Android
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Stream mobile app overview
Enjoy anywhere access to video content from across your work or school activities with Microsoft Stream apps for iOS and Android on phones and tablets.
With Microsoft Stream on your phone or tablet, you can:
- Use your personalized home feed to return to previously shared videos, meetings, lectures and collaboration updates.
- Search through all videos in the organization using keywords or people names.
- Catch up on missed meetings; use the dedicated meetings filter to find your meeting recordings.
- Mark important videos as Favorites and find them anytime from the Library section.
- Share useful videos with your colleagues with a tap of a button.
- Seamlessly access both Stream Classic and Stream (On SharePoint) video content.
Note
The Stream Mobile apps require an appropriate commercial Microsoft 365 subscription. if you’re not sure about your subscription or available services, contact your IT department.
What’s Changing?
Microsoft Stream team is revamping the mobile apps on Android & iOS so that users can now access Stream (on SharePoint) video content on mobile as well. For tenants who have videos distributed across Classic and Stream (on SharePoint), their users will now be able to access both Classic and Stream on SharePoint content within the same app. Some of the key changes we are bringing to the app experience as part of this revamp:
- Complete new UX/UI to provide best-in-class video viewing experience to users
- Access both Classic as well SharePoint videos on the same app
- Key bug fixes
The features comparison between the existing and the new app is listed in the table below:
Classic Video Content
| Feature | Stream Classic App | Revamped Stream Mobile App |
|---|---|---|
| Search across organization | ✔️ | ✅ |
| Home feed for Video discovery | ✔️ | ✅ |
| Add/Get back to Watchlist | ✔️ | ✅ |
| My Videos (Uploaded by me) | ✔️ | ✅ |
| Share & Deep-link support | ✔️ | ✅ |
| Picture-in-picture (PIP) support | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Offline download & playback | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Upload from Camera roll** | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Record | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Background playback from lock screen | ✔️ | ❌ |
SharePoint Video Content
| Feature | Stream Classic App | Revamped Stream Mobile App |
|---|---|---|
| Search across organization | ✅ | |
| Home feed for Video discovery | ✅ | |
| Add/Get back to Watchlist | ✅ | |
| My Videos (Uploaded by me) | ✅ | |
| Share & Deep-link support | ✅ | |
| Picture-in-picture (PIP) support | ✅ | |
| Offline download & playback | ✅ | |
| Upload from Camera roll** | Coming Soon* | |
| Record | Coming Soon* | |
| Background playback from lock screen | Coming Soon* |
* Capabilities like Upload, Record & background playback will be brought back to the revamped mobile app soon but will only be supported for SharePoint videos. This is inline with our goal of providing a modern video experience on SharePoint as we move towards deprecation of Stream Classic. More details here: The new version of Microsoft Stream
** Upload from Camera roll capability will be brought back to the revamped mobile app soon but will only be supported for SharePoint videos. We encourage users to upload any new videos to Stream (on SharePoint) to experience the latest which Microsoft Stream has to offer. In case users still feel the need to upload videos to classic, they can still do that using the Classic Stream web portal on mobile or desktop: Upload a video with Microsoft Stream (Classic)
Features List
Personalized home feed
Your personalized home feed shows videos shared with you, recordings of meetings you attended or videos with relevant comments and mentions. Just swipe down to refresh the feed. Find items quickly using the Meetings and Shared filters.
Deep search capabilities
Easily find videos across your organization with the “Search bar” on the top that searches across video titles, transcripts, and people.
Library: your favorite stuff
Library is your gateway to videos you’ve created, and videos marked as favorites for later viewing.
Settings and Account Info
The left navigation bar lets you manage app-level settings as well as sign in/out capabilities (in case you have videos on multiple accounts). Select Help and feedback to access communications options for your suggestions or to locate Stream application support resources.
Seamless Access: Classic and SharePoint
You can access Stream (Classic) and Stream (on SharePoint) videos from within the Stream mobile app. Use the switcher on the left navigation pane to navigate across the two portals.
In-app feedback
You can contact us through the feedback tool: Left Navigation Pane > Send Feedback
Safe Links
Outlook mobile apps rewrite URLs to safe links which must then open in a browser before rendering in the mobile app. Organization IT admins can add Stream video URLs to a safe senders list in Outlook by following the directions in Safe Link policies.
FAQs
Q. What are the differences between the Classic app and the new revamped one?
A. See section What’s Changing?
Q. I don’t see the video upload functionality on the revamped app, how do I upload my videos?
A. Upload & Recording capabilities will be brought back to the revamped mobile app soon but will only be supported for SharePoint videos. This is in line with our goal of providing a modern video experience on SharePoint as we move towards deprecation of Stream Classic (Details: The new version of Microsoft Stream). We encourage users to upload any new videos to Stream (on SharePoint) to experience the latest which Microsoft Stream has to offer.
This means that starting with this update, we will NOT be supporting videos uploads to Stream classic on native Stream mobile apps for iOS and Android anymore. In case users still feel the need to upload videos to Stream classic, they can do that using the Classic Stream web portal on mobile or desktop: Stream (Classic) Web portal (Details: Upload video to Classic)
Q. I see both Classic and SharePoint portals on the new app. How do I change the default landing experience for the users in my tenant?
A. The revamped Apps provides capability to seamlessly access both Classic and SharePoint videos with an in-app switcher experience that lets users switch between Classic and SharePoint portals within the same app. The default portal where the user lands is determined based on the tenant level setting that tenant admins can change as defined here: Default Stream portal setting (section named: "Direct the Stream app tile launcher to Stream (on SharePoint)").
Q. Does the Stream app work on Android tablets and iPads?
A. The Stream mobile app is optimized to work seamlessly on tablet devices.
Q. Will I still have access to my Stream classic content?
A. Yes. Just use the switcher on the left pane to navigate between Stream Classic and Stream (on SharePoint) portals. The revamped mobile app will continue to support classic videos until we fully retire Stream (Classic).
Q. Can I continue to use the classic mobile app for some time since I don’t find all the capabilities I need on the revamped app?
A. You can continue to use the legacy app till you don’t update to the new one from app store (iOS) or play store (android). We recommend turning off the auto-update on your device in that case, so that the update doesn’t happen automatically in the background. Once updated, you will NOT be able to go back to the classic app. At some point in future, we will deprecate the classic app and you will be notified via usual communication channels when that happens.
Having said that, the team is working hard to bring more and more capabilities to the revamped mobile app over the coming quarters. Functionality you are looking for is coming sooner than you expect.
Q. I would like to create a list with videos to watch later
A. Stream mobile apps give you the capability to create lists using "favorites" so that you can easily come back to your earmarked videos at a later time. Just tap on 3 dot menu of any video, select “Add to favorites” and the video will then be available in the Library section on the app.
Q. Can I cast the video to my smart TV?
A. Currently the mobile app doesn’t support “cast to TV” capabilities. Though you should be able to use your mobile device’s connectivity option to mirror your screen on your smart TV to play videos from Stream mobile app.
Q. How can I still listen to the audio playing in the background when phone screen is locked?
A. Background playback (when screen is locked) is NOT available on the Stream mobile apps currently. Having said that, this capability is on the prioritized roadmap for the product team and the team is working actively to get the feature out to our app users. You will be notified via usual communication channels when the same is available for general availability.
Q. I couldn’t find the answer I was looking for, what do I do?
A. Please reach out to streammobapp@microsoft.com with your query or suggestions.
Share your feedback
- Fill in this form Survey form (4 mins) or send us an email at streammobapp@microsoft.com
- In-app Feedback option can be found in Left navigation pane > Send Feedback