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caggarwal
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May 05, 2020

Microsoft Teams Banner Notifications Appearing Black

Recently, whenever I get a new notification from Teams, the notification preview that is supposed to appear in the bottom right is black. It also appears black for any types of banner messages (i.e. when doing calls). I'm not sure what changed within the last few days. Prior to then, the alerts would contain a message preview description or a small preview of the current call speaker.

 

Screenshot attached for reference. I am on a windows 10 desktop, and my current Microsoft Teams version is: You have Microsoft Teams Version 1.3.00.9267 (64-bit). It was last updated on 4/28/20

 

I appreciate if someone can chime in on some possible solutions. Thank you!

 

 

  • caggarwal  We escalated this issue to Microsoft and they came back and acknowledged it as an issue.  The workaround for now is to disable GPU acceleration in Chrome and close/restart Teams.  Microsoft will include a fix in an upcoming release as of 5/5/2020.

  • Madmax2099's avatar
    Madmax2099
    Copper Contributor

    I am having the same issue with a user who has a Lenovo Yoga, Intel Driver are fully updates as well as Firmware on the machine.  Any other solutions please advise. Using the Desktop version of MS Teams

     

     ptop

    • Tweeder78's avatar
      Tweeder78
      Copper Contributor
      Hello have you had any resolution to this?
  • jperez23's avatar
    jperez23
    Copper Contributor

    caggarwal , try this:

    1. Turn off all banners in Teams.  Go to Settings - Notifications

    2. Close Teams

    3. Go to Microsoft.com and download Microsoft Teams Desktop App

    4. Install  (It will re-open Teams when done)

    5. Switch to Dark Mode

    6. Turn on Banners in Teams again.

     

    Worked for me!

  • Jason Thurston's avatar
    Jason Thurston
    Copper Contributor

    caggarwal  We escalated this issue to Microsoft and they came back and acknowledged it as an issue.  The workaround for now is to disable GPU acceleration in Chrome and close/restart Teams.  Microsoft will include a fix in an upcoming release as of 5/5/2020.

    • Kate_H's avatar
      Kate_H
      Copper Contributor

      Sadly it's still happening as of 6/2022. Intermittent. Some days it works fine, some days it doesn't. 

    • DavidJustice's avatar
      DavidJustice
      Copper Contributor

      Jason Thurston This is happening again and disabling GPU/hardware acceleration in all browsers has no effect. Is this happening to anyone else? The majority of people who I've spoken with here at work are experiencing the same.

  • Marco1610's avatar
    Marco1610
    Copper Contributor

    Hello, I have the same exact problem. Is there a solution as you know?

    • caggarwal's avatar
      caggarwal
      Copper Contributor

      Marco1610 how long have you noticed the issue for? It's still happening for me and I don't have a solution. My guess is that some recent product update might have introduced this bug

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