Office Insiders can now listen to documents with their iPhone screen locked

Office Insiders on iOS devices can now listen to Word documents whenever they'd like.



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Microsoft Office Insiders recently gained the ability to listen to documents when an iOS device's screen is locked.
The Shared tab of the Insider Office Mobile app on iOS will now show PDFs sent to Outlook.
Both new features come with an update that started rolling out to Insiders on April 27, 2022.


Office Insiders with iOS devices have a couple of new features to play with, courtesy of an update that started rolling out this week. The Insider version of Word on iOS now supports listening to documents even when a device's screen is locked. Additionally, the Insider Office Mobile app now keeps track of PDF email attachments sent to Outlook. The documents will appear within the Shared tab in Office Mobile.

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