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MC841218: Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: The Dictation feature will retire in September 2024
Microsoft, Microsoft 365 Message Center (archived copy on mc.merill.net), 2024
Read the originalRead on October 17, 2026
- What it is
- Microsoft's message center notice to administrators that the Dictation feature was being retired from Outlook for iOS and Android in September 2024, and that a system microphone remains available in the app. The page is an archived copy of Microsoft's message center item, kept by a third party.
- How much weight it carries
- The text is the message center wording as archived. The archive is run by a third party, not Microsoft, so check the wording against the message center if it matters. It describes the change, not whether a later build restored the button.
Facts taken from this source
- Microsoft's message center said it would retire the Dictation feature from Outlook for iOS and Android starting early September 2024 and ending by late September 2024.
“We will be retiring the Dictation feature from Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android starting early September 2024 and ending by late September 2024” (Message body, MC841218)
- Microsoft's notice on the Outlook mobile retirement says a system microphone is still available to users while they work in the Outlook app on iOS and Android.
“In Outlook for iOS and Android a system microphone is available to users while working in the app” (Message body, after the retirement sentence)