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Emma Dong
Former Employee
Nov 16, 2016

NEW FEATURE: Team news authoring in the SharePoint mobile app for iOS

We are excited to announce team news authoring on the go using the SharePoint mobile app for iOS  (version 2.1, released yesterday to the store)! You can add rich text, images from your phone, and do...
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Emma Dong's avatar
Emma Dong
Former Employee
Nov 17, 2016

We are currently working on News consumption experience in Android. Should be ready Q1 2017. News authoring to follow after that. 

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    Antony Taylor
    Iron Contributor
    Dec 09, 2016
    Hi Emma,

    Just wondering if we have any high level ETA's on the following;
    - Fix for issue where news items are not aggregating properly to the iOS app (Seems to only affect when I create MOD Demo tenants)
    - Aggregated news Web Part for Browser experience (for example a new tile or as part of SharePoint tile). This will be incredibly important for adoption of the new News system and removal of peoples "Central Team Sites" which currently contain all news items using older lists/web parts.
    • Emma Dong's avatar
      Emma Dong
      Former Employee
      Dec 09, 2016

      Hi Antony,

      Thanks for reaching out! Reply below inline:

       

      - Fix for issue where news items are not aggregating properly to the iOS app (Seems to only affect when I create MOD Demo tenants)

      [Emma] Could you elaborate a bit more on the problem with repro steps? 


      - Aggregated news Web Part for Browser experience (for example a new tile or as part of SharePoint tile). This will be incredibly important for adoption of the new News system and removal of peoples "Central Team Sites" which currently contain all news items using older lists/web parts.

      [Emma] If I understand you correctly, you mean having an aggregated feed of team news just like the "News" tab in the SharePoint iOS app, on the web. This is being worked on right now. Once done, you will see the aggregated personalized news feed in SharePoint Home (when you click the SharePoint tile). Hopefully that's matching your expectation. Alina Skarbovsky can provide more info in terms of ETA. 

       

      Thanks,

      Emma

      • Antony Taylor's avatar
        Antony Taylor
        Iron Contributor
        Dec 12, 2016

        Hi Thanks Emma,

         

        reproduction Steps for News aggregation Failure.

        Go to Demos.microsoft.com

        Create new Demo tenant.

        Wait 24 hours. Log into Apps on Mobile as Demo User (ChristieC for example)

        Add News articles to different groups that Christie is part of

        Wait 24 Hours.

        Check SharePoint App on Mobile for News Articles.

         

        Thanks for Clarifying on the browser based experience and expectation there. That does meet my expectation and makes sense to have it included in the SharePoint Home to drive users to that location as the central area.

         

        Kind Regards,

        Antony

         

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