Microsoft Teams on Android Smart Boards: Is It Really the Same Experience as Windows?

It depends which "Teams on Android" you mean. There are three quite different setups. A certified Teams Rooms on Android board, such as the Yealink MeetingBoard Pro or Logitech Rally Board 65, runs Microsoft's room software and covers most meetings well, but Microsoft lists a set of features as Windows-only, including Front Row, breakout rooms and multi-camera. An ordinary Android board with Teams installed from Google Play is a different thing: that is the Teams mobile app, which Microsoft lists for Android phones and tablets, not a meeting-room system. And Teams Rooms on Windows, on a board with a Windows OPS module, has the fullest feature set. The Yealink and Logitech boards are price on request at SourceIT. Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro, which licenses either kind of certified room, is S$610 per room per year (listed 31 Oct 2026).

What are the three ways to run Teams on a board?

From Microsoft Learn: Teams Rooms security (Android tab, Aug 2026), Hardware requirements for Microsoft Teams (Jul 2026), Teams Rooms licences (Aug 2026), and SourceIT product listings.

The key point: a Google EDLA board cannot also be a certified Teams Rooms on Android device, because certified devices ship without Google Play. Microsoft's certified Android touchboard list includes Cisco, Neat, Yealink, DTEN and Logitech boards, but no Samsung, LG, Avocor or MAXHUB Android board. Those boards are best used for bring-your-own-meeting: a laptop shares to the board over a cable or wireless casting, and the meeting runs on the laptop.

Which Teams Rooms features are Windows-only?

Microsoft's feature comparison (updated 13 October 2026) lists these as available on Windows and not on Android:

• Front Row layout, breakout rooms and overflow join for large meetings
• Multi-camera send, Spatial Audio and People Recognition
• Coordinated meetings, third-party room control and Miracast
• The Edge browser on touch boards and 21:9 front-of-room displays
• Defender for Endpoint and tenant restrictions
• In the Pro Management Portal: peripheral health monitoring, remote access, and Autopilot with autologin

Android has a few of its own: starting a whiteboard from the console without a meeting, meeting controls on a touch front-of-room display, and local PTZ camera control. Dual screen, live captions and direct guest join to Google Meet, Zoom and Webex are on both.

Teams Rooms on Android is a good meeting room. A Teams app on an Android board is a phone on the wall. Know which one you are buying.

How long is each supported?

Teams Rooms on Android support is tied to the Android version the device was certified on. Microsoft's Android version table gives these dates:

From Microsoft Learn, "Android versions supported on Teams devices", accessed 31 Oct 2026. Microsoft's certified-device list shows an earlier Android 15 date for at least one board, so check the exact model before buying. Vendors can extend a device's life by moving it to a newer Android version and recertifying it.

Teams Rooms on Windows has no fixed end date. It stays supported while the device can take each new annual Windows version; Microsoft currently recommends Windows 25H2, and devices that cannot leave Windows 10 had to be replaced after 14 October 2025. LTSC and Pro editions of Windows are not supported for Teams Rooms.

Which should you choose?

1. Standard meetings, a few rooms: a certified Teams Rooms on Android board such as the Yealink MeetingBoard Pro or Logitech Rally Board 65. Our Yealink MeetingBoard Pro post covers that board in detail.
2. Front Row, multi-camera, Defender for Endpoint or large meetings: Teams Rooms on Windows, for example by adding the Yealink MCore OPS-G2T to a MeetingBoard Pro. Yealink notes that HDMI out is not available on the G2T in Teams Rooms mode.
3. Classrooms or BYOD rooms where Teams is occasional: an EDLA board with wireless sharing, and the meeting runs on the presenter's laptop.
4. Decide on the licence. Basic is free for up to 25 rooms; Pro adds Intune, Defender for Endpoint P2, Conditional Access and the full Pro Management Portal. See Microsoft Teams Rooms: Is Your Office Paying for Features Nobody Uses?

For the operating system question more broadly, see Android 14 vs Windows 11: Which OS Actually Belongs in Your Meeting Room? and Android vs Windows Interactive Displays: Are Businesses Choosing the Wrong Platform?

Buying in Singapore

SourceIT supplies certified Teams Rooms boards including the Yealink MeetingBoard 65 Pro, the Yealink MCore OPS-G2T Teams Rooms on Windows module, the Logitech Rally Board 65 and the MAXHUB XBoard V7 V655T for Teams Rooms, all price on request. Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro is S$610 per room per year, and for bring-your-own-meeting rooms the Android-based LG 65TR3DQ is S$2,587.50 (both listed 31 Oct 2026). Browse Teams Room Solutions and the Yealink MeetingBoard Pro series. For a quotation, use Request for Quotation on the product page, call (65) 6978 3502, email Sales@sourceit.com.sg or use our contact page.

Frequently asked questions

Can I install Microsoft Teams on an Android interactive display? On a Google EDLA board you can install the Teams app from Google Play, but that is the mobile client, which Microsoft lists for phones and tablets. It is not Teams Rooms.

Is Teams Rooms on Android the same as on Windows? No. Microsoft lists Front Row, breakout rooms, multi-camera send, Spatial Audio, Miracast and Defender for Endpoint, among others, as Windows-only.

Can a Google EDLA board be a certified Teams Rooms device? No. Microsoft says certified Teams Android devices do not have the Google Play Store or Google Play Services installed, by design.

How long are Teams Rooms on Android boards supported? It depends on the Android version. Microsoft's table ends certification on 15 Aug 2028 for Android 13, 4 Oct 2029 for Android 14 and 15 Oct 2030 for Android 15, with two further years of support.

Do I need a Teams Rooms Pro licence? Not necessarily. Teams Rooms Basic is free for up to 25 rooms on certified devices. Pro adds Intune, Defender for Endpoint P2, Conditional Access and full remote management.